I have a fresh installation of the following on Windows XP:
- Java 1.3.1_08 SDK
- Tomcat 3.2.3
- Struts 1.1
If I run Tomcat it starts fine, and all the examples work.
However, if I drop the Struts 1.1 "struts-blank.war" or "struts-example.war"
into the tomcat/webapps dir, I get the following exception when starting
Tomcat:
2003-07-15 16:44:40 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /examples )
2003-07-15 16:44:40 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /admin ) Starting
tomcat. Check logs/tomcat.log for error messages 2003-07-15 16:44:40 -
ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( ) 2003-07-15 16:44:40 - ContextManager:
Adding context Ctx( /struts-example ) 2003-07-15 16:44:40 - ContextManager:
Adding context Ctx( /test ) [ERROR] MessageResourcesFactory -
-MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory <java.
ang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResourcesFact
ry>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
ry>org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageReso
rcesFactory
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.applicationClass(RequestUtils.ja
a:207)
at
org.apache.struts.util.MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory(Message
esourcesFactory.java:192)
at
org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources.getMessageResources(MessageR
sources.java:576)
at
org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.<clinit>(RequestUtils.java:134)
at
org.apache.struts.util.MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory(Message
esourcesFactory.java:192)
at
org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources.getMessageResources(MessageR
sources.java:576)
at
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initInternal(ActionServlet.ja
a:1329)
at
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:464)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doInit(ServletWrapper.java:317
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.init(Handler.java:215)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:296)
at
org.apache.tomcat.context.LoadOnStartupInterceptor.contextInit(LoadO
StartupInterceptor.java:130)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.initContext(ContextManager.jav
:491)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.init(ContextManager.java:453)
at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.execute(Tomcat.java:195)
at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.main(Tomcat.java:235)
[ERROR] MessageResourcesFactory - -MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory
<java.
ang.ExceptionInInitializerError>java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError:
java.lan .NullPointerException
at
org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources.getMessageResources(MessageR
sources.java:577)
at
org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.<clinit>(RequestUtils.java:134)
at
org.apache.struts.util.MessageResourcesFactory.createFactory(Message
esourcesFactory.java:192)
at
org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources.getMessageResources(MessageR
sources.java:576)
at
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initInternal(ActionServlet.ja
a:1329)
at
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:464)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doInit(ServletWrapper.java:317
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.init(Handler.java:215)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:296)
at
org.apache.tomcat.context.LoadOnStartupInterceptor.contextInit(LoadO
StartupInterceptor.java:130)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.initContext(ContextManager.jav
:491)
at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.init(ContextManager.java:453)
at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.execute(Tomcat.java:195)
at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.main(Tomcat.java:235)
cannot load servlet name: action: null
2003-07-15 16:44:41 - PoolTcpConnector: Starting HttpConnectionHandler on
8080 2003-07-15 16:44:41 - PoolTcpConnector: Starting Ajp12ConnectionHandler
on 8007
Unfortunately I am stuck with Java 1.3.1 and Tomcat 3.2.3, so I can't
upgrade these tools.
The Struts 1.1 site and docs claim to be Tomcat 3.2.* compatible. Hmmm. I
have searched far and wide for a solution, and although I have found folks
who have posted the same problem, I have yet to find an answer.
Out of curiosity I tried the Struts 1.0.2 "struts-example.war" and it works
fine.
Also, I have tried upgrading Tomcat's jaxp to 1.2, and it had no effect.
I'm hoping someone on this list might be able to help.
Thanks!
