...
   <filter>
        <filter-name>RequestHandled</filter-name>
        <filter-class>de.mindmatters.faces.spring.support.RequestHandledFilter</filter-class>
    </filter>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>RequestHandled</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    </filter-mapping>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>
..

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at de.mindmatters.faces.spring.support.RequestHandledFilter.init(RequestHandledFilter.java: 122 )

                lifecycleId = LifecycleFactory.DEFAULT_LIFECYCLE;
            }
            lifecycle = lifecycleFactory.getLifecycle(lifecycleId);
        } catch (FacesException e) {
            Throwable rootCause = e.getCause();
            if (rootCause == null) {
                throw e;