For those who see this error in the future: This turned out to be a problem with slightly invalid XML in struts-config.xml, not web.xml, as the error may lead you to believe. The tool that helped me figure this out was James Holmes' Struts Console application. Nice work, thanks.
Otis ---- On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, otisg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I see. I thought > org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet > replaces Struts' ActionServlet. However, it > seems that it is not an alternative Action > Servlet for use with Velocity, as I thought, > but rather an additional servlet capable of > dealing with Velocity templates, and not > with action mappings and such. > > I still have a slight problem: > > [2002/12/24 09:26:18] init exception for > `action' > javax.servlet.UnavailableException: Parsing > error processing resource path > at > org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initModuleConfig(ActionServlet.java:931) > at > org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:454) > > That 'action' must be referring to this part > from web.xml: > > <servlet> > <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> > > <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class> > <init-param> > <param-name>config</param-name> > > <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>debug</param-name> > <param-value>2</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>detail</param-name> > <param-value>2</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>validate</param-name> > <param-value>true</param-value> > </init-param> > <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup> > </servlet> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > > Am I doing something wrong? This is a > copied from one of the Struts examples. > It looks fine to me... > > Thanks, > Otis > > > > ---- On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Jitendra Singh > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > hi! > > I am not sure if this is the correct way > to call an action from HTML .. > > if we want to call it as form action .. > then we should give full path like > > "/foo/login.do" ..... > > try and enlighten me too :-) > > cheers! > > Jitendra > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "otisg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 10:51 AM > > Subject: Can't map HTML form action to > Struts action > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am having difficulties hooking up an HTML > > > form action to an action mapping defined in > > > struts-config.xml. This is the Struts HEAD > > > from CVS. I am using Struts with Velocity. > > > I can get .vm templates to load, but can't > > > get things like HTML form submission action > > > to map to a Struts action. > > > > > > My web.xml contains: > > > > > > <servlet> > > > > > > > <servlet-name>MyVelocityViewServlet</servlet-name> > > > > > > > > > <servlet-class>org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet</s > > ervlet-class> > > > ... > > > > > > <!-- Map *.vm files to Velocity --> > > > <servlet-mapping> > > > > > > > <servlet-name>MyVelocityViewServlet</servlet-name> > > > <url-pattern>*.vm</url-pattern> > > > </servlet-mapping> > > > > > > > > > My struts-config.xml contains: > > > > > > <action-mappings> > > > <action type > > > ="foo.bar.webapp.actions.LoginAction" > > > name ="loginF" > > > validate ="true" > > > path ="/login" > > > scope ="request" > > > input ="/login.vm"> > > > <forward name="success" > path="/home.vm"/> > > > <forward name="failure" > > > path="/login.vm"/> > > > </action> > > > </action-mappings> > > > > > > > > > My HTML form contains this: > > > > > > <form method="POST" action="/foo/login"> > > > > > > When I submit this form I get a 404 from the > > > servlet container: > > > > > > 404 Not Found > > > /foo/login was not found on this server. > > > > > > I've looked at several configuration > > > examples, and what I have looks fine, but > > > unfortunately it is not. I am using this > > > with Resin 2.1.6. One suspicious thing that > > > I notice in Resin's log after I submit the > > > HTML form is this: > > > > > > [2002/12/24 00:05:24] file: init > > > [2002/12/24 00:05:24] > > > com.caucho.server.http.DirectoryServlet: > init > > > > > > This looks as if Resin is not mapping my > > > /foo/action to the action servlet defined in > > > my web app's web.xml...maybe, not sure. > > > > > > I have tried mapping /foo/* to > > > MyVelocityViewServlet in web.xml, but that > > > resulted in .vm pages being rendered as > > > text/plain. That may be fixed by > > > associating .vm extension with text/html, > > > but I'm not sure how to do this under Resin > > > yet. But I think I have something else > > > wrong, anyway. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Otis > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > Get your own "800" number > > > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > > > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
