JSF 2.0, RAD 8 & Websphere Application Server 7.0 - jsf-2

I am trying to run a JSF 2.0 application with Mojarra 2.0 implementation. I need to change the Web Module class loading policy of the .war file to PARENT_LAST, so that WAS doesn't load the default configuration. I want the JSF 2.o implementation to be loaded from WEB-INF/lib folder. However RAD does not allow me to change the settings to PARENT_LAST in admin Console. ( It's disabled )
It works fine,when the class loader policy is set using shared libarary references and set at the server level. However I don't want that.
I would like this to be loaded at the "Web Module" level.
Can anyone help how to change to PARENT_LAST that using admin console?
Thanks!

I changed the deployment.xml file directly to include warClassLoaderPolicy="SINGLE" and changed the mode of the classloader element to "PARENT_LAST". It loaded the Mojarra JSF 2.0 implemention.

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1.Make sure to remove servlet.jar from your application.Its need for tomcat however not in websphere.
2.Change the classloader policy for ear to parent last.Parent last means lib in your app will have higher priority.if not found will load from WAS class path.
3.Also make sure to change the webmodule class loader policy to parent last.
4.Restart websphere.
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jsf-api
jsf-impl
javaee-api
for the native implementation of websphere
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