Hello, I'm repeatedly getting a "Web application descriptor must be a valid web.xml" error while trying to build a sample HelloWorldPortlet following the online docs here[1], using the pom.xml supplied and following the folder structure on that page (i.e. having the web.xml in "HelloWorldPortlet\src\main\java\webapp\WEB-INF" directory.) Partial stacktrace is below.
Eclipse is showing that the web.xml is at least well-formed: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> <web-app id="HelloWorldID"> <display-name>HelloWorldPortlet</display-name> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> <servlet> <servlet-name>HelloWorldPortlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.pluto.container.driver.PortletServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>portlet-name</param-name> <param-value>HelloWorldPortlet</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>HelloWorldPortlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/PlutoInvoker/HelloWorldPortlet</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app> But even if I delete this web.xml or use another web.xml that I know works (one from Pluto's portal or testsuite WAR file) I still get this same error--so I can't tell if there's a problem with the web.xml or simply that it can't find the web.xml. Any hints? Also, is this a Maven war plugin or Pluto plugin issue--if the latter, I'll enter a JIRA for the error message to distinguish between "bad web.xml" and "can't find the web.xml" so users with the latter problem don't need to spend time trying to fix their web.xml when that's not the problem. Thanks, Glen [1] http://portals.apache.org/pluto/v20/deploying.html C:\eclipse\workspace\HelloWorldPortlet>mvn clean install -e + Error stacktraces are turned on. [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building HelloWorldPortlet [INFO] task-segment: [clean, install] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [clean:clean] [INFO] [pluto2:assemble {execution: default}] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Web application descriptor must be a valid web.xml [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Web application descript or must be a valid web.xml at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Defa ultLifecycleExecutor.java:703) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLi fecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:540) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(Defau ltLifecycleExecutor.java:519) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHan dleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:371) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegmen ts(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:332) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLi fecycleExecutor.java:181) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:356) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%22Web-application-descriptor-must-be-a-valid-web.xml%22-build-error-tp24273382p24273382.html Sent from the Pluto - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
