Howdy, Your first filter-mapping is mapping to a servlet-name /*?? ;) Either put a defined servlet name there or map to url-pattern /*.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Patrick Scheuerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:29 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: cannot get Filters to work with Tomcat 5.0.16 > >Hi, > >I cannot get Filters to work with Tomcat 5.0.16. > >Here are my filter definitions in web.xml: ><filter> > <filter-name>UserFilter</filter-name> > <filter-class>ch.ctc.support.common.UserFilter</filter-class> ></filter> > ><filter> > <filter-name>AdminFilter</filter-name> > <filter-class>ch.ctc.support.common.AdminFilter</filter-class> ></filter> > ><filter-mapping> > <filter-name>UserFilter</filter-name> > <servlet-name>/*</servlet-name> ></filter-mapping> > ><filter-mapping> > <filter-name>AdminFilter</filter-name> > <url-pattern>/admin/*</url-pattern> ></filter-mapping> > >Every time Tomcat tries to start the context I get the following exception: > >java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Filter mapping must specify either a ><url-pattern> or a <servlet-name> > at >org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2 540) > at >org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2 566) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1061) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown >Source) > at >org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endNamespaceScope(Unknown >Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown >Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown >Source) > at >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Un know >n Source) > at >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDi spat >cher.dispatch(Unknown >Source) > at >org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unkn own >Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationConfig(ContextConf ig.j >ava:302) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:644) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig. java >:254) > at >org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleS uppo >rt.java:166) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:421 2) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.j ava: >866) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:850) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeplo yer. >java:316) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:859) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.jav a:72 >3) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:473) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1002) > at >org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:3 93) > at >org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleS uppo >rt.java:166) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1133) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:816) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1125) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:518) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519 ) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2343) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at >sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:3 >9) > at >sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccesso rImp >l.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:297) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:398) > >What the hell is going on here? I DID specify a <url-pattern>! What am I >doing >wrong? Any help would be highly appreciated! > >Thanks, >Patrick > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]