entity refs in struts config files
Does anyone know if entity refs (such as those described at the bottom
of http://jamesholmes.com/struts/) work properly in struts 1.0.2 config
files? They "sort of" seem to work for me, except that relative
references seem to be relative to ${TOMCAT_HOME)/bin rather than
${TOMCAT_HOME}/webapps/foocontext/WEB-INF where the struts config file
is located.
Any info would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Derek
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Re: entity references in struts config xml
James Mitchell wrote: On Wednesday 18 June 2003 17:14, Derek Scherger wrote: James Mitchell wrote: On Wednesday 18 June 2003 15:23, Derek Scherger wrote: Does anyone know how to get entity references to work with struts 1.0.2 under tomcat 4.1.24? The first few lines of my struts-config.xml look like this: http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd"; [] &barfoo; When it comes to processing the &barfoo; entity reference it fails with a file not found exception. Running tomcat with strace under linux I can see it trying to find barfoo.xml in the tomcat/bin directory rather than under the appropriate context's WEB-INF directory. Note that the same entity reference in web.xml works fine (i.e. it looks for barfoo.xml under the appropriate context's WEB-INF directory which is where I would expect a relative reference to be relative to). Using an absolute reference for the file isn't really a solution because the environment this app has to run in is a mix of linux, windows and solaris. (i.e. "C:\\foo\\bar\\tomcat\\webapps\\foobarcontext\\WEB-INF\\barfoo.xml" won't work on all platforms that is has to work on.). While not an exact solution to your dilema, why don't you just use multiple config files? I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this, it might only be available in struts 1.1. The problem we have at the moment is that we have multiple web apps that share a bunch of common struts (and tiles) configuration. Rather than having multiple copies of this shared configuration in various config files I'd like to have on copy of the shared stuff referenced by the various config files. Yes, I undertand your requirements. There are patches available to enable backward compatibility to Struts 1.0. See http://jamesholmes.com/struts/ for complete details. Should you choose to use the Struts Console (also available from that same url), it doesn't work with entity refs. That's one of the items standing in the way of supporting OJB configuration in the near future. Good luck with whatever you choose. I've just had a look at the url you mention above and it does seem to indicate that entity refs in the struts config files should work. Before I go patching to get multiple config files to work with 1.0.2 I'd like to get to the bottom of the problem I have using entity refs. We're not using the struts console so I'm not too worried about breaking that. The problem that I have is that entity refs are relative to tomcat bin rather than the context's WEB-INF. BTW, thanks for the quick responses! Cheers, Derek - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: entity references in struts config xml
James Mitchell wrote: On Wednesday 18 June 2003 15:23, Derek Scherger wrote: Does anyone know how to get entity references to work with struts 1.0.2 under tomcat 4.1.24? The first few lines of my struts-config.xml look like this: http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd"; [] &barfoo; When it comes to processing the &barfoo; entity reference it fails with a file not found exception. Running tomcat with strace under linux I can see it trying to find barfoo.xml in the tomcat/bin directory rather than under the appropriate context's WEB-INF directory. Note that the same entity reference in web.xml works fine (i.e. it looks for barfoo.xml under the appropriate context's WEB-INF directory which is where I would expect a relative reference to be relative to). Using an absolute reference for the file isn't really a solution because the environment this app has to run in is a mix of linux, windows and solaris. (i.e. "C:\\foo\\bar\\tomcat\\webapps\\foobarcontext\\WEB-INF\\barfoo.xml" won't work on all platforms that is has to work on.). While not an exact solution to your dilema, why don't you just use multiple config files? I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this, it might only be available in struts 1.1. The problem we have at the moment is that we have multiple web apps that share a bunch of common struts (and tiles) configuration. Rather than having multiple copies of this shared configuration in various config files I'd like to have on copy of the shared stuff referenced by the various config files. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
entity references in struts config xml
Does anyone know how to get entity references to work with struts 1.0.2 under tomcat 4.1.24? The first few lines of my struts-config.xml look like this: http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd"; [] > &barfoo; When it comes to processing the &barfoo; entity reference it fails with a file not found exception. Running tomcat with strace under linux I can see it trying to find barfoo.xml in the tomcat/bin directory rather than under the appropriate context's WEB-INF directory. Note that the same entity reference in web.xml works fine (i.e. it looks for barfoo.xml under the appropriate context's WEB-INF directory which is where I would expect a relative reference to be relative to). Using an absolute reference for the file isn't really a solution because the environment this app has to run in is a mix of linux, windows and solaris. (i.e. "C:\\foo\\bar\\tomcat\\webapps\\foobarcontext\\WEB-INF\\barfoo.xml" won't work on all platforms that is has to work on.). Thanks for any info! Cheers, Derek - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
