I went through a phase also where I was baffled by where stuff was supposed
to go. :-) As far as web components are concerned, the Servlet spec
describes the setup precisely. For various arcana refer to the appropriate
specs (like taglib location and deployment descriptor which are in the JSP
spec). Chapter 17 in the EJB spec talks about where EJB stuff goes,
physically, and so forth.
The jakarta-tomcat docs also discuss web app structure, in conformance with
the servlet spec. What is also interesting is that these docs mention a
useful "source" structure, which is then used to populate a deployment
directory (like something in orion/applications) using Ant (jakarta-ant). I
have found this a useful method for keeping sources out of the deployment
folder, while simplifying the build procedures greatly.
Arved Sandstrom
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ernst de Haan
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:09 PM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: Re: Orion Primer
Hi all,
Okay, Magnus Stenman helped me out with this problem. The problem was
that the servlet was in the wrong directory in the .war file. It was
located under the root directory while it should have been under the
directory WEB-INF/classes in the .war.
So next challenge is getting the servlet to find the EJB Home. I spent
quite some time on this. If anyone is feeling enlightened, please look
into this and let us know. The updated files are online again:
* Orion Primer
http://www.znerd.demon.nl/orion-primer/
Ernst
Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Hi Jason and other members of Orion-Interest,
>
>
> Is there anyone here that can help debug this persistent problem with
> Orion? I have set up a simple recipe for Orion newbies (including
> myself), and although everything looks fine, the servlet that should be
> created to handle requests cannot be instantiated, and Orion does not
> provide much information on what the problem might be.
>
> IMHO a simple step-by-step guide is very important for the success of
> Orion. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> * Orion Primer
> http://www.znerd.demon.nl/orion-primer/
>
> Jason wrote:
> > I've followed the instructions and deleted/recreated everything 3
> > times. I keep getting to the point where I type in (step 12 second
> > part):
> >
> > http://localhost:8080/orion-primer
> >
> > And just get a:
> >
> > "Document contained no data"
>
> Jason, first I suggest you upgrade to the latest version of Orion. There
> are multiple ways of doing that:
>
> * Download the orion-1.0rc1.zip but replace `rc1' with `rc2'
> * Auto-update using the command: java -jar autoupdate.jar
> * Replace your orion.jar with http://www.orionserver.com/orion/orion.jar
>
> Perhaps you should do a combination of the above.
> [ Question to the Orion team: What exactly is the recommended way to
> upgrade to the ever-changing `latest' version? :) ]
>
> Then concerning the problem you have: I had the same problem. So I
> upgraded using the rc2 download. Autodeployment went just fine. But when
> I pointed my browser to http://localhost:9092/orion-primer/ I got an
> exception that said there was an error instantiating the servlet. There
> was no extra information that allowed me to track the source of the
> problem.
>
> So I contacted Magic_EMC (Magnus Stenman) on the channel #orionserver or
> #java on EFnet (an IRC chat network). He said he would change the code
> so the complete stack trace would be printed in the log file
> (orion/application-deployments/orion-primer/application.log) But I had
> no luck autoupdating from my rc2.zip yet, so I haven't been able to
> check that the information now prints out.
>
> I currently get the following information printed in the application log
> file:
>
> 5/25/00 5:18 PM Started
> 5/25/00 5:20 PM orion-primer-web: Started
> 5/25/00 5:20 PM orion-primer-web: Servlet error
> javax.servlet.ServletException: Error instantiating default servlet
'hello.web.HelloServlet'
> at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.rz(JAX, Compiled Code)
> at com.evermind.server.http.HttpApplication.qz(JAX, Compiled Code)
> at com.evermind.server.http.dk.o7(JAX)
> at com.evermind.util.e.run(JAX, Compiled Code)
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Ernst
>
>
> > >From netscape?
> >
> > I notice after building the packages with ant, the orion terminal says:
> >
> > Auto-deploying orion-primer...
> > Auto-deploying orion-primer-ejb.jar... done.
> > Auto-deploying /usr/share/orion/default-web-app...
> > Orion/1.0rc1 initialized
> >
> > Then just after hitting localhost:8080/orion-primer in netscape I see in
> > the orion terminal window:
> >
> > Auto-deploying Orion Primer Web Application
> >
> > But nothing happens?? Any hints (I've been trying for 3 days to get the
> > orion-primer up and running)?? I'm to my limits and am about to give up
> > on the Orion server and try another one...
> >
> > any help would be appreciated!
> >
> > -Thanks, Jason
> >
> > PS: Do I need a jndi.properties and if I do, where does it go and what
> > should be in it?
> >
> >
> > Ernst de Haan wrote:
> > >
> > > Jason,
> > >
> > > > I really want to thank you for writing the Orion Primer! There is
NO
> > > > documentation with the Orion Server, and this was needed... I found
2
> > > > subtle types:
> > >
> > > Now that should be `typos' I think, so it's 2-1 for you now :)
> > > Thank you very much for providing feedback, it really is invaluable to
> > > me!
> > >
> > > > In step 6 save application.xml to orion-primer, not orion-server
> > > >
> > > > In step 7 save ejb-jar.xml to orion-primer/src/xml/ejb, not to
> > > > orion-primer/xml/ejb
> > >
> > > Changed this. You should see revision 2.9 online now.
> > >
> > > > And my final queston:
> > > >
> > > > After I started the orion server (step 12), it loaded/deployed
> > > > everything correctly, but what now? I figure I'm supposed to type
in
> > > > the URL to the Hello servlet, but I can't figure out what that URL
is!
> > > > Could you please help out?
> > >
> > > See the new online version :)
> > >
> > > > -Thanks
> > >
> > > Thanks again, Jason!
> > >
> > > Ernst
> >
>
>
