Yes, the problem was the url to the dtd... But shouldn't there be a way to configure this so that the application is not dependent on an internet connection or just that a site is up or not??
BTJ Jesse wrote: > > I got the exact same error yesterday evening. In my case, it only > occurs when my internet connection is down (which is all too often I > might add, Comcast needs to get their act together!!! ;-). When the > internet is reachable, I get no problems and everything (including > tiles) works just fine. > > Could it be the doctype in the tiles config xml file causing this? > > <!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC > "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration//EN" > "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/tiles-config.dtd"> > > I'm no expert on the finer details of what goes into trying to > parse/validate an xml file, but if some guru could point out what's > actually causing this I'd be interested to hear. > > Cheers, > -Jesse. > > p.s. While I'm here, can anyone tell me is this the correct doctype when > using stand-alone tiles? > > > Bjørn T Johansen wrote: > >> I am trying to use tiles with JSF but I just get the following error: >> >> INFO: Initializing TilesServlet >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:38 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> readFactoryConfig >> INFO: CONFIG FILES DEFINED IN WEB.XML >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:38 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> initDefinitionsFactory >> INFO: initializing definitions factory... >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:39 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> saveExceptionMessage >> WARNING: Caught exception when initializing definitions factory >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:39 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> saveExceptionMessage >> WARNING: I/O Error reading definitions. >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:39 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> saveExceptionMessage >> WARNING: org.apache.tiles.DefinitionsFactoryException: I/O Error >> reading definitions. >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:39 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> saveExceptionMessage >> WARNING: Caught exception when initializing definitions factory >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:39 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> saveExceptionMessage >> WARNING: I/O Error reading definitions. >> 06.sep.2005 14:16:39 org.apache.tiles.servlets.TilesServlet >> saveExceptionMessage >> WARNING: javax.servlet.ServletException: I/O Error reading definitions >> >> >> Anyone know why or if I should find another way to initialize tiles? >> (I am using tiles-core from the sandbox...) >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> BTJ

