Migration problem from Struts 1.2.7 to 1.3.8:java.lang.ClassNotFoundExcepti
807589Nov 28 2008 — edited Dec 3 2008Hi, my current configuration is tomcat 6.0.18 and jdk 1.5. Here are the steps I followed for the migration.
1. Replaced struts.jar with struts-core-1.3.8.jar
2. Updated taglib .tld files which were under /WEB-INF and also kept the corresponding struts-taglib-1.3.8.jar files in lib directory.
3. Kept the external mappings in web.xml for the tld files though.
4. Updated struts-config.xml with
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.3//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config_1_3.dtd">
5. As not using any cancel buttons hence did not use the cancellable attribute.
6. Updated validation.xml with specified doctype in strutsupgrade docs.
7. Replaced older jar files with newer versions.
After compiling the files and deploying in Tomcat I get the following error while trying to run.
exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Wrapper cannot find servlet class jsp.login_jsp or a class it depends on org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
root cause
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: jsp.login_jsp
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
What am I missing out on?
Thankx in advance.