what happens when commons-el.jar is placed somewhere else in the classpath?
---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:27:25 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: NoClassDefFoundError even though jar file is present >To: "MyFaces Discussion" <[email protected]> > > >Greetings again > >I have been working through this issue with tutorials since I last left >the topic discussed below and, though none of the tutorials work, >I am down to a common error in all of them. The error in the web browser >is > >exception: >javax.servlet.ServletException: >org/apache/commons/el/ExpressionEvaluatorImpl > >org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service (JspServlet.java:272) > javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service (HttpServlet.java:802) > >The stack trace from the localhostxxx.log (or part of it anyway ) is > >Dec 9, 2005 11:18:05 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve >invoke >SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception >java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: >org/apache/commons/el/ExpressionEvaluatorImpl > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspUtil.<clinit> (JspUtil.java:61) > at >org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getDerivedPackageName (JspCompilationContext.java:414) > at >org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getServletPackageName (JspCompilationContext.java:403) > at >org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.createOutputDir (JspCompilationContext.java:626) > at >org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getOutputDir (JspCompilationContext.java:196) > at >org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getClassFileName (JspCompilationContext.java:484) > > >I have the file commons-el.jar in my WEB-INF\lib directory for the demo >(each of them) and inspecting the jar >shows the class org/apacche/commons/el/ExpressionEvaluationImpl is indeed >in there. > >Any ideas what I am doing wrong ? > >--Jeff > > > > >Message from Kurt Edegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> received on 12/08/2005 >01:59 PM >|------------+--------------+----> >| | | | >| | 12/08/2005 | | >| | 01:59 PM | | >| | | | >| | | | >|------------+--------------+----> > >---------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ----| > | | > |Kurt Edegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | | > |Please respond to "MyFaces Discussion" <[email protected]> | > |Sent by Kurt Edegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > >---------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ----| > >|-----------------------> >| | >| | >|-----------------------> > >---------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -----------| > | | > | To: MyFaces Discussion <[email protected]> | > | cc: | > | Subject: Re: StartupServletContextListener crashes Tomcat container | > >---------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -----------| > > > >Jeff, > >the error message just say that the exception occured in >FacesServler.service but doesn't tell you anything about the reason. >If you'd like to find out, you have to look into tomcat's log file for >some stacktrace telling you what caused the crash. > >But anyway, since you are having trouble to get "the whole JSF thing" >running, I'd recommend you to give it a fresh start and look into one of >the different tutorials or quickstart applications like Equinox or >AppFuse. You can find them at https://equinox.dev.java.net/ and >https://appfuse.dev.java.net/ respectively. >Once these apps are running, you know your setup is fine and can start >developing your own application. > >Hope that helps, > > Kurt > >on 12/8/2005 7:57 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated: >> Kurt, >> >> Thanks for your response. I had unzipped the file in the wrong place. >> >> I have followed the instructions in the two links you sent me and have >> conquered this problem to arrive at another one, which may or may not >> be related. With the following JSP code >> >> >> <%@ page contentType="text/html" %> >> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"; prefix="h" %> >> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"; prefix="f" %> >> >> <f:view> >> <h:form> >> From: <h:inputText size="8" /> >> </h:form> >> </f:view> >> >> >> I get the following error >> javax.servlet.ServletException: >> org/apache/commons/el/ExpressionEvaluatorImpl >> javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service (FacesServlet.java:121) >> >> The difference (and source of joy) is that now I am at least getting this >> in the browser instead of in the startup panel in Tomcat. >> My web.xml file is still as below and my newly cleaned lib directories >are >> >> common\lib >> jasper-compiler-jdt.jar >> jasper-compiler.jar >> jasper-runtime.jar >> jsp-api.jar >> naming-factory-dbcp.jar >> naming-factory.jar >> naming-resources.jar >> sample_app_1_0_2.jar >> servlet-api.jar >> standard.jar >> >> sample\WEB-INF\lib >> commons-beanutils.jar >> commons-collections.jar >> commons-digester.jar >> commons-el.jar >> commons-logging.jar >> custom_jsf_lib_1_0_2.jar >> jstl.jar >> myfaces-all.jar >> myfaces-api.jar >> myfaces-impl.jar >> struts.jar >> >> >> Is this error still connected to the ServletContext problem from before? >> >> Thanks again >> Jeff >> >> >> >> >> >> Message from Kurt Edegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> received on 12/07/2005 >> 06:24 PM >> |------------+--------------+----> >> | | | | >> | | 12/07/2005 | | >> | | 06:24 PM | | >> | | | | >> | | | | >> |------------+--------------+----> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- --| > >> | >| >> |Kurt Edegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >| >> | >| >> |Please respond to "MyFaces Discussion" <[email protected]> >| >> |Sent by Kurt Edegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >| >> >>------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- --| > >> >> |-----------------------> >> | | >> | | >> |-----------------------> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------| > >> | >| >> | To: MyFaces Discussion <[email protected]>, Jeff >Mullen/USCRC/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >> | cc: >| >> | Subject: Re: StartupServletContextListener crashes Tomcat >container | >> >>------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------| > >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> please make sure that you inluded the myfaces libraries to your webapp, >> since >> they are not in your common\lib. >> The following links explain how to get started with myfaces (which is >just >> an >> implementation of JSF): >> >> http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Installation_and_Configuration >> http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Getting_Started >> >> Take care, >> >> Kurt >> >> Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>>Greetings >>> >>>I just joined this list tonight, as I have only started messing around >>>witth Java Server Faces and Tomcat. >>>I am working through some tutorials very slowly and I seem to be able to >>>work the JSP side of things >>>fairly well, but I cannot get Java Server Faces to work at all. I will >> >> skip >> >>>the tortuous details of how I got >>>to this point and simply say that I get the following error when I try to >>>add the StartupServletContextListener >>>to the web.xml file >>> >>> >>>Dec 7, 2005 4:48:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start >>>SEVERE: Error listenerStart >>>Dec 7, 2005 4:48:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start >>>SEVERE: Context [/samples] startup failed due to previous errors >>> >>> >>> >>>Relevant info: >>> Apache/Tomcat version 5.5.12 >>> MyFaces 1.1.1 >>> >>>Included in common\lib >>> commons-beanutils.jar >>> commons-collections.jar >>> commons-digester.jar >>> commons-el.jar >>> commons-logging.jar >>> custom_jsf_lib_1_0_2.jar >>> jasper-compiler-jdt.jar >>> jasper-compiler.jar >>> jasper-runtime.jar >>> jsf-api.jar >>> jsf-impl.jar >>> jsp-api.jar >>> jstl.jar >>> naming-factory-dbcp.jar >>> naming-factory.jar >>> naming-resources.jar >>> sample_app_1_0_2.jar >>> servlet-api.jar >>> standard.jar >>> struts.jar >>> >>> >>> >>>web.xml file >>>----------------------------------------------------------- ----------- >>><?xml version="1.0" ?> >>> >>><web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"; >>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; >>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee >>>http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"; >>> version="2.4"> >>> >>> >>> >>><context-param> >>> <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param- name> >>> <param-value>server</param-value> >>> </context-param> >>> >>> >>><!-- Startup of Tomcat works until I add this node --> >>> <listener> >>> >>> >> ><listener- class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener< /listener-class> > >> >>> </listener> >>> >>> >>> >>> <servlet> >>> <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name> >>> <servlet- class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class> >>> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> >>> </servlet> >>> >>> <servlet-mapping> >>> <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name> >>> <url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern> >>> </servlet-mapping> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>></web-app> >>> >>> >> >------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > >> >> >>> >>>As I point out above, starting Tomcat works until I add the <listener> >>>node. Without it, or so I gather from >>>googling this all day, the faces page won't work, but the server starts >> >> up >> >>>at least. >>> >>>So, what exactly am I missing? (I hope this is enough info) >>> >>>Thanks >>>Jeff >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > Dennis Byrne
