My coworker posted the original question in the "Running Tomcat+Struts w/o
internet connection" thread, but since I'm the one trying to overcome this
particular problem, I thought I'd add some more detail. First off, we're
using Tomcat 3.2.1 or 3.2.2 (not sure) and Struts 1.0.
The DOCTYPE line of the struts-config.xml by default looks like:
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts
Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd";>
If I run tomcat disconnected from the network I get the following:
resolveEntity('-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration
1.0//EN', 'http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd')
Not registered, use system identifier
Parse Fatal Error at line 3 column -1: External entity not found:
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_0.dtd.
whereupon Tomcat barfs and stops loading. It was suggested to use a
'file://' style URL to fix this. That works fine, (i.e.
'file:///c:/foo/bar/struts-config_1_0.dtd') but it demands an absolute file
path. Any attempt to use a relative path (such as
'file://struts-config_1_0.dtd') has failed with the same 'external entity
not found' error as above. I've tried various permutations, but either it
doesn't work, or I can't figure out what the current working directory is
that the URL will base itself off of (tried tomcat/bin, webapps,
webapps/myapp, webapps/myapp/WEB-INF).
So, how about specifying the file directly, as in:
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts
Configuration 1.0//EN" "struts-config_1_0.dtd">
Well, here's the resulting error:
Parse Fatal Error at line 3 column -1: Relative URI "struts-config_1_0.dtd";
can not be resolved without a document URI.
Even though XML Spy thinks this is OK, obviously tomcat wants a little more
information. I poked around in the XML Bible, but couldn't find anything to
tip me off as to what to include in the XML that would make this error go
away.
All I want to do is have the struts DTD be a local file, referenced with
some sort of resolveable relative path. An absolute path just can't be
worked with, and we cannot guarantee a network connection. Any more ideas?
Thanks!
t
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Thomas Burns
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