On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Cyril Bouteille wrote:
> Craig,
>
> > > I upgraded to Apache Tomcat/4.0-b7, but am still having the same error:
> > > ERROR reading java.io.FileInputStream@2d263f
> > > At Line 25 /web-app/servlet/
> > What is the entire stack trace?
>
> Unfortunately, no stack trace is showing up, even with -debug. That is
> the only message.
>
> > What does *your* web.xml file look like,
> > particularly around line 25?
>
> It corresponds to the closure of the first </servlet> tag.
>
> > The web.xml you quoted in your message is
> > the standard one in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml -- you should not be
> > modifying that file.
>
> I inspired myself from $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml, but that was indeed
> my web.xml. I added the definition of 2 servlets:
> <servlet-name>system</servlet-name>
> <servlet-name>controller</servlet-name>
>
> I'm confused as to why I should not modify that file. Do you mean tomcat
> "includes" the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml by default and I don't need
> to redefine the standard servlets in my WEB-INF/web.xml?
>
Yes. $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml is included in *all* webapps by default,
because it defines the basic services (like JSP, default file serving, and
MIME mappings) that are defaults for all apps.
> > This sounds a *lot* more like an XML validation error in reading your
> > web.xml file than it sounds like a class loading problem.
>
> I can validate my web.xml offline:
>
> cyril@wyvern:~/p4/phoenix/main/build> validxml
> ../app/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
> Running XmlValidator...
> Using parser org.apache.crimson.jaxp.SAXParserImpl
> XML file '../app/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml' has been validated successfully
> against its DTD.
>
> An enlightenment on this would be appreciated. :)
>
> Thanks,
Without seeing your entire web.xml in detail, there's nothing more I can
do.
Craig
