I have the same kind of error. I am using JBoss 4.0.1 (with embedded Tomcat/5.0.28).
If I try this: <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>testservlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/me/*.do</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> OR <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>testservlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>me/*.do</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> OR <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>testservlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>me\*.do</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> I get the error below (note: the servlet itself exists, and I've changed the name several times and that's not what is causing the problem). 10:41:38,265 ERROR [ContextConfig] Parse error in application web.xml java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid <url-pattern> /me/*.do in servlet mapping at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2540) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2566) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1061) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endNamespaceScope(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationConfig(ContextConfig.java:263) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:624) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:216) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:823) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:807) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595) 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:324) at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503) at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:150) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5441) 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:324) at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503) at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:150) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:332) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:85) at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:374) at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:62) at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:40) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:272) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:222) 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:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:144) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:891) at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:416) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:144) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177) at $Proxy28.start(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:360) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:964) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:775) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:738) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor50.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:144) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:122) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:131) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177) at $Proxy8.deploy(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:305) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:463) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:204) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:215) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:194) 10:41:38,265 ERROR [ContextConfig] Occurred at line 132 column 23 However, if I try this: <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>testservlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> all is well. So it appears the the "/" within the url-pattern is causing the error. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3865390#3865390 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3865390 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list JBoss-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user