When I drop the struts-examples.war file into my tomcat webapps I get the following error in my tomcat 5.0.19 log file on startup: 06-Sep-2004 17:53:01 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Installing web application at context path /struts-examples from URL file:C:/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/webapps/struts-examples 06-Sep-2004 17:53:22 org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig applicationConfig SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntity(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startDTDEntity(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.setInputSource(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.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(ContextConfig.ja va:300) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java: 253) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSuppor t.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4222) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:8 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:850) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:638) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.j ava:320) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:875) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:657) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:476) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1008) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:394) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSuppor t.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1134) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:832) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1126) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:521) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2345) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:594) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:297) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:398) 06-Sep-2004 17:53:22 org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig start SEVERE: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) 06-Sep-2004 17:53:22 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error getConfigured 06-Sep-2004 17:53:22 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context startup failed due to previous errors
This does not happen when I drop in the struts 1.1 struts-example.war file. The 1.1 example war works correctly as far as I can tell. I have tried this with a brand new tomcat 5 install and get the same issue. I am running tomcat on Windows 2000 as a service. I suspect this is a problem with the examples configuration rather than struts itself as I got the same message when I originally tried to run my own webapp under struts 1.2.2. That resolved itself when I went through the struts 1.1 to 1.2 porting guide steps. I think changing the taglib lines in my JSP files and moving my message resources to struts-config.xml rather than having it as a parameter to my ActionServlet sorted out my own webapp. I don't think the struts-examples.war has those issues though. The struts 1.2.3 struts-examples.war behaves in the same way too. Best regards Robert Longson This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.