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Generating a sitemap.xml file is important for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes as it helps search engines to crawl and index your website's content more effectively. In Wicket, you can generate a sitemap.xml file using the following steps:

Create a new class that extends WebPage and implements ISitemappable interface. This class will represent the pages you want to include in your sitemap.

public class SitemapPage extends WebPage implements ISitemappable {
    // Your page code here
}

Override the getSitemapEntries() method in your SitemapPage class and return a list of SitemapEntry objects representing the URLs you want to include in your sitemap.

@Override
public List<SitemapEntry> getSitemapEntries() {
    List<SitemapEntry> entries = new ArrayList<>();
    entries.add(new SitemapEntry(SitemapEntry.ChangeFreq.DAILY, 1.0, "https://www.example.com/home"));
    entries.add(new SitemapEntry(SitemapEntry.ChangeFreq.WEEKLY, 0.8, "https://www.example.com/about"));
    // Add more entries for other pages
    return entries;
}

In this example, we've added two entries for the home and about pages. You can add as many entries as you want, and specify the change frequency and priority for each page.

Create a new SitemapXmlResourceReference object and add it to your WebApplication's resource settings.

SitemapXmlResourceReference sitemapRef = new SitemapXmlResourceReference();
getResourceSettings().getResourceReferences().add(sitemapRef);

Create a new SitemapXmlGenerator object and call the generate() method to generate the sitemap.xml file.

SitemapXmlGenerator sitemapGenerator = new SitemapXmlGenerator(sitemapRef, SitemapPage.class);
sitemapGenerator.generate();

This code should be added to your WebApplication's init() method.

And that's it! With these steps, you should be able to generate a sitemap.xml file for your Wicket application.

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