On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Steven D. Wilkinson wrote:
> Here is what the installation doc says:
>
> "XML Parser - Struts requires the presence of an XML parser that is compatible
> with the Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP) specification, 1.0 or later. You can
> download and install the JAXP reference implementation, which is required for
> building the Struts source distribution. In Struts-based web applications, you
> may replace the reference implementation classes with any other JAXP compliant
> parser, such as Xerces. See detailed instructions related to the parser in the
> instructions for building and installing Struts, below."
Yeah, I saw this in the README file that came with the distribution.
> "Xalan XSLT Processor - If you are building Struts from the source distribution,
> you must download and install version 1_2_D01 (or later) of the Xalan XSLT
> processor (which also includes the Xerces XML parser). This processor is used to
> convert the Struts documentation from its internal XML-based format into the
> HTML that is presented in the Struts documentation application. "
This was not in the README file.
> Here's the URL http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/installation.html#Prerequisites
Next time, I'll check here first.
>
> > Also, I am just starting a project that I plan to use Struts 1.x. I
> > plan on developing on Tomcat and eventually deploying on
> > Tomcat/Apache. Does this sound reasonable? Should I plan on developing and
> > deploying on Tomcat 3.2.1 or 4.x? I have mixed thoughts about deploying on
> > a servlet engine (4.x) that's implementing on new (2.3) servlet API. Thanks
> > in advance for your advice.
>
> I'm running on milestone 5 release of Tomcat4.0. I have been for a while. No
> problems. I won't upgrade until official release comes out since I'm having no
> problems. It works great. Don't let the fact that it implements the 2.3 API
> stop you. It still supports 2.2 stuff. Not like the 2.1 to 2.2 change.
> BTW, Tomcat4.0 is kewl! I really like the new logging. It's also very stable.
Sounds like good advice. Thanks.
