Scott, I think I've found your problem: The Action class in Struts no longer has the perform() method. If you change the method name to execute() and add the appropriate "throws" clause, you should be fine. Perform() and execute() should have the same signature except for those differences.
Why do I think this is the problem? Oh, just a few clues you left: You are using a Java Boutique tutorial based on v1.0. Many things have been deprecated and removed as of the current, stable v1.2.4 including the perform() to execute() change. Since v1.0 is VERY difficult to find yet you listed 'just getting underway with Struts', I am assuming you are using the current version, 1.2.4. Your struts-config.xml DTD lists v1.0 (long gone) and your web.xml DTD lists v2.2. The V2.2 webapp spec would have suggested you are on Tomcat v3.X.X and I somehow doubt that. :) Good luck on your Struts project. Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: Scott Purcell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newbie With Question Hello, I am just getting underway with struts and found an example here: http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/Struts/ I have completely followed the directions and I can get the initial form to display the data that comes from the ActionForm bean. "Hansen". But after I hit the submit, I just get a blank page. I have double, triple checked all config settings, but cannot figure out where the problem is. The Tomcat console does not show any error, and there appears to be no error anywhere. Problem is, it just does not display the submit.jsp page back with updated results. If anyone has ideas, please let me know. Especially if there is a way to find any type of log from Tomcat. I cannot find any type of output from the app. Thanks, Scott Here are my files: my webapp is called "firststrut" The classes are in package "com" The file structure is correct /WEB-INF/classes/com package com; import javax.servlet.http.*; import org.apache.struts.action.*; public final class SubmitAction extends Action { public ActionForward perform(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) { System.out.println("SubmitAction extends Action class ######"); SubmitForm f = (SubmitForm) form; // get the form bean // and take the last name value String lastName = f.getLastName(); // Translate the name to upper case //and save it in the request object request.setAttribute("lastName", lastName.toUpperCase()); // Forward control to the specified success target return (mapping.findForward("success")); } } /WEB-INF/classes/com package com; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import org.apache.struts.action.*; public final class SubmitForm extends ActionForm { /* Last Name */ private String lastName = "AMF"; // default value public String getLastName() { System.out.println("Getting last name"); return (this.lastName); } public void setLastName(String lastName) { this.lastName = lastName; } /* Address */ private String address = "1313 Mockingbird Lane"; public String getAddress() { return (this.address); } public void setAddress(String address) { this.address = address; } /* Sex */ private String sex = null; public String getSex() { return (this.sex); } public void setSex(String sex) { this.sex = sex; } /* Married status */ private String married = null; public String getMarried() { return (this.married); } public void setMarried(String married) { this.married = married; } /* Age */ private String age = null; public String getAge() { return (this.age); } public void setAge(String age) { this.age = age; } } web.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN" " http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd";> <web-app> <!-- Standard Action Servlet Configuration (with debugging) --> <servlet> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> <servlet-class> org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet </servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>application</param-name> <param-value>ApplicationResources</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>config</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>debug</param-name> <param-value>2</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>detail</param-name> <param-value>2</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>validate</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup> </servlet> <!-- Standard 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/struts-bean.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> </web-app> struts-config.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.0//EN" " http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd";> <struts-config> <!-- ========== Form Bean Definitions ================= --> <form-beans> <form-bean name="submitForm" type="com.SubmitForm"/> </form-beans> <!-- ========== Action Mapping Definitions ============ --> <action-mappings> <action path="/submit" type="com.SubmitAction" name="submitForm" input="/submit.jsp" scope="request"> <forward name="success" path="/submit.jsp"/> <forward name="failure" path="/submit.jsp"/> </action> </action-mappings> </struts-config> Scott K Purcell | Developer | VERTIS | 555 Washington Ave. 4th Floor | St. Louis, MO 63101 | 314.588.0720 Ext:1320 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.vertisinc.com <http://www.vertisinc.com/> Vertis is the premier provider of targeted advertising, media, and marketing services that drive consumers to marketers more effectively. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
