Try it with xerces in the Tomcat commons/lib folder, and nohting extra
in the WEB-INF/lib.
Be sure other parsers, or copies of Xerces, is being made avaiable
through the CLASSPATH or the lib/ext folder under JAVA_HOME.
-- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA.
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-- Tel +1 716 737-3463
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Kevin Jones wrote:
>
> I've just downloaded struts (the binary version) and am trying to get the
> struts-example to run. After reading the install guide my understanding is
> that struts should work with any XML parser. If I run the example with
> jaxp.jar and crimson.jar in WEB-INF/lib it loads OK. But, if I replace those
> jars with xerces.jar (verison 1.4.1) I get the following exception.
>
> This is TC4 release BTW
>
> It seems like there is a dependency on crimson (judging by the class name).
> Does the binary version only work with crimson or is there a config option
> somewhere?
>
> java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.crimson.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl
> at
> javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance(SAXParserFactory.java:155)
> at org.apache.struts.digester.Digester.getParser(Digester.java:275)
> at org.apache.struts.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:755)
> at
> org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initMapping(ActionServlet.java:1331)
> at
> org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:465)
> at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(Unknown
> Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(Unknown
> Source)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Unknown Source)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Unknown Source)
>
> Kevin Jones
> Developmentor
> www.develop.com
