I haven't seen this error, but my guess is that you have referenced a
form bean in your validation.xml that is not defined in
struts-config.xml. Look for a typo in the name.

-ed

On 7/11/06, Anil Kumar Pippalapalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

hi all,
 iam new to struts  and iam tryin out a simple application which validates
 password for minlength and maxlength in nb 4.1.

iam gettin several exceptions saying unable to load validation.xml and 
validation-rules.xml

check below errors,

Using CATALINA_BASE:   C:\Documents and 
Settings\anil\.netbeans\4.1\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.7_base
Using CATALINA_HOME:   C:\Program 
Files\netbeans-4.1\enterprise1\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.7
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\Documents and 
Settings\anil\.netbeans\4.1\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.7_base\temp
Using JAVA_HOME:       C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:09 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8084
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:09 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 3535 ms
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.7
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
INFO: XML validation disabled
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: action: []: Verifying ModuleConfig for this module
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: action: []: Verification of ModuleConfig has been completed
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:17 PM 
org.apache.struts.webapp.example.memory.MemoryDatabasePlugIn init
INFO: Initializing memory database plug in from '/WEB-INF/database.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:17 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:17 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validation.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:21 PM org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin 
initDefinitionsFactory
INFO: Tiles definition factory loaded for module ''.
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:21 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:21 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validation.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:25 PM org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin 
initDefinitionsFactory
INFO: Tiles definition factory loaded for module ''.
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:25 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:25 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validation.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized()
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized()
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized()
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized()
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:37 PM org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin 
initDefinitionsFactory
INFO: Tiles definition factory loaded for module ''.
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:37 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:37 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn 
initResources
INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validation.xml'
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:38 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn init
SEVERE: null
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources.internalProcessForms(ValidatorResources.java:464)
        at 
org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources.process(ValidatorResources.java:415)
        at 
org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources.<init>(ValidatorResources.java:162)
        at 
org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn.initResources(ValidatorPlugIn.java:237)
        at 
org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn.init(ValidatorPlugIn.java:162)
        at 
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initModulePlugIns(ActionServlet.java:869)
        at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:336)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1068)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:900)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3823)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4087)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:590)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:535)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:470)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1106)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1019)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1011)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:440)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:683)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:537)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:271)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409)
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Marking servlet action as unavailable
Jul 11, 2006 3:16:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
SEVERE: Servlet /WebApplication6 threw load() exception
javax.servlet.UnavailableException: Cannot load a validator resource from 
'/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml'
        at 
org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn.init(ValidatorPlugIn.java:172)
        at 
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initModulePlugIns(ActionServlet.java:869)
        at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:336)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1068)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:900)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3823)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4087)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:590)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:535)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:470)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1106)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1019)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1011)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:440)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:683)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:537)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:271)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409)

Any help is greateful to me,

  regards,
anil.




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