I'm setting up tiles with an example application and I'm getting blocked
when trying to use Tiles layout names instead of the JSP filenames in the
struts-config.xml. I'm hoping that someone on this list can point out what
I'm doing wrong.

I can access the application by explicitly typing in "index.jsp" in the url,
but when I try a page with a link defined in my struts-config.xml
global-forwards name="index" I get an error message: The requested resource
(/myapp/myapp.index) is not available.

My tomcat localhost.log file show that the Tiles definition factory gets
loaded...what am I missing?

Thanks,
Richard

---------------------------
    localhost.log
---------------------------
2003-12-08 16:05:59 action: Tiles definition factory loaded for processor
''.
factory loaded : {myapp.default={name=myapp.default,
path=/layouts/myappLayout.jsp, role=null, controller=null,
controllerType=null, controllerInstance=null,
attributes={header=/tiles/common/header.jsp,
footer=/tiles/common/footer.jsp}}
, myapp.index={name=myapp.index, path=/layouts/myappLayout.jsp, role=null,
controller=null, controllerType=null, controllerInstance=null,
attributes={body=/introduction.jsp, navbar=/tiles/tempNavBar.jsp,
title=Myapp > Index, footer=/tiles/common/footer.jsp,
header=/tiles/common/header.jsp}}
}
Factory initialized from file '/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml'.


----------------------------------
    html source with link
----------------------------------
<font size="2"><a href="/myapp/myapp.index">[Return to Main Menu]</a></font>


----------------------------------
  Error message when link is used
----------------------------------
type Status report

message /myapp/myapp.index

description The requested resource (/myapp/myapp.index) is not available.

----------------------------------
    index.jsp
----------------------------------
<%@ page language="java" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %>

<tiles:insert definition="myapp.index" flush="true" />

----------------------------------
    tiles-defs.xml
----------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

 <!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC
       "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration//EN"
       "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/tiles-config.dtd";>

<tiles-definitions>

    <!-- ========== Master definition ============================== -->
    <definition name="myapp.default" path="/layouts/myappLayout.jsp">
        <put name="header"      value="/tiles/common/header.jsp" />
        <put name="footer"      value="/tiles/common/footer.jsp" />
    </definition>


    <!-- ========== Index page definition ============================== -->
    <definition name="myapp.index" extends="myapp.default">
        <put name="title"       value="Myapp > Index" />
        <put name="navbar"      value="/tiles/tempNavBar.jsp" />
        <put name="body"        value="/introduction.jsp" />
    </definition>

</tiles-definitions>


----------------------------------
    struts-config.xml
----------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
          "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.1//EN"
          "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd";>

<struts-config>

  <!-- ======== Form Bean Definitions ===================================
-->
    <form-beans>

    </form-beans>

  <!-- ========== Global Forward Definitions ==============================
-->
  <global-forwards>
      <forward name="index" path="/myapp.index"/>
  </global-forwards>

  <!-- ========== Action Mapping Definitions ==============================
-->
  <action-mappings>

  </action-mappings>

  <!-- ========== Message Resources Definitions ===========================
-->
  <message-resources parameter="myapp.ApplicationResources"/>

  <!-- ========== Tiles Plug-in Configuration ===========================
-->
  <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin" >
        <set-property property="definitions-config"
value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" />
        <set-property property="definitions-debug" value="2" />
        <set-property property="definitions-parser-details" value="2" />
        <set-property property="definitions-parser-validate" value="true" />
  </plug-in>

</struts-config>


------------------------
    web.xml
------------------------
<?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>

  <!-- The Struts Action Servlet  -->
  <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>definitions-config</param-name>
          <param-value>/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml</param-value>
      </init-param>
      <init-param>
          <param-name>debug</param-name>
          <param-value>3</param-value>
      </init-param>
      <init-param>
          <param-name>detail</param-name>
          <param-value>3</param-value>
      </init-param>
      <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>

  <!-- Action Servlet Mapping -->
  <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

  <!-- Struts Tag Library Descriptors -->
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/struts</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/lib/struts.jar</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
</web-app>







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