Hi, Tomcat will complain if it finds errors it can't deal with. We encourage people to use an independent tool, such as XMLSpy or one of the free online variants, to validate any all XML configuration files. That applies to web.xml as well.
Yoav Shapira http://www.yoavshapira.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:55 PM >To: 'Tomcat Users List' >Subject: bad <error-code> syntax - ignore or throw exception? > > >I'm trying to work out how to configure web.xml to use a custom error page >when one of a list of HTTP status codes are encountered. Couldn't find any >documentation, so pure guesswork led me to try this: > > <error-page> > <error-code>404,406</error-code> > <location>/WEB-INF/jsp/Error.jsp</location> > </error-page> > >It doesn't do what I was intending, in that neither 404 nor 406 codes are >handled by Error.jsp - however I was surprised that there is no Exception >logged by Tomcat when parsing this web.xml - shouldn't it throw an >Exception, rather than ignore it?? I've found that Tomcat is usually very >thorough at reporting problems with web.xml, so this seems unusual. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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]
