What does /myapp.index map to? Typically, a global forward maps to /someaction.do. The action does its controller thing and forwards to a tile (or other) for the view (or next action).
The example lines (Your-*) below were snipped from my working struts webapp, so I'm pretty certain they work. Tim Lucia > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:41 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Tiles setup question > > > Tim, > I tried what suggested, but still get the "The requested resource > (/myapp/myapp.index) is not available." error. > > Somethings missing...the Factory gets initialized from file > '/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml' but it looks like the strut-config > can't find or map to the tiles definitions. > > Any other suggestions? Do I need to specify a controller, or > am I missing something in my config files? > > Thanks, > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Lucia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 5:42 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Tiles setup question > > > The global forwards work for struts taglib tags, generally as > the value of the name="" attribute. They do not export to > the web server (servlet mapping, *.jsp, etc.) level. Thus, > to access the forward you defined: > > <global-forwards> > <forward name="index" path="/myapp.index"/> > </global-forwards> > > You would say: > > <html:link forward="index">[Return to main menu]</html:link> > > However, the target of path cannot be a tile, it must be an > action which forwards to the tile. [Is this true? I have > never seen a tile as a global forward target] > > Here is an example: > > Your.jsp: > <%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-html" prefix="html" %> > <html:link forward="tileTest">[return to main menu]</html:link> > > Your-struts-config.xml: > <forward name="tileTest" path="/tileTest.do"/> > > <action path="/tileTest" > type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" > parameter=".tileTest"/> > > Your-tiles-def.xml: > <definition name=".tileTest" extends="layout"/> > > > Tim Lucia > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:59 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: Tiles setup question > > > > > > I'm setting up tiles with an example application and I'm > > getting blocked when trying to use Tiles layout names instead > > of the JSP filenames in the struts-config.xml. I'm hoping > > that someone on this list can point out what I'm doing wrong. > > > > I can access the application by explicitly typing in > > "index.jsp" in the url, but when I try a page with a link > > defined in my struts-config.xml global-forwards name="index" > > I get an error message: The requested resource > > (/myapp/myapp.index) is not available. > > > > My tomcat localhost.log file show that the Tiles definition > > factory gets loaded...what am I missing? > > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > > --------------------------- > localhost.log > --------------------------- > action: Tiles definition factory loaded for processor ''. > factory loaded : {myapp.default={name=myapp.default, > path=/layouts/myappLayout.jsp, role=null, controller=null, > controllerType=null, controllerInstance=null, > attributes={header=/tiles/common/header.jsp, > footer=/tiles/common/footer.jsp}} > , myapp.index={name=myapp.index, > path=/layouts/myappLayout.jsp, role=null, controller=null, > controllerType=null, controllerInstance=null, > attributes={body=/introduction.jsp, > navbar=/tiles/tempNavBar.jsp, title=Myapp > Index, > footer=/tiles/common/footer.jsp, > header=/tiles/common/header.jsp}} } Factory initialized from > file '/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml'. > > > ---------------------------------- > html source with link > ---------------------------------- > <html:link forward="index">[Return to main menu]</html:link> > > > ---------------------------------- > Error message when link is used > ---------------------------------- > type Status report > > message /myapp/myapp.index > > description The requested resource (/myapp/myapp.index) is > not available. > > ---------------------------------- > index.jsp > ---------------------------------- > <%@ page language="java" %> > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> > > <tiles:insert definition="myapp.index" flush="true" /> > > ---------------------------------- > tiles-defs.xml > ---------------------------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> > > <!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC > "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration//EN" > "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/tiles-config.dtd";> > > <tiles-definitions> > > <!-- ========== Master definition > ============================== --> > <definition name="myapp.default" path="/layouts/myappLayout.jsp"> > <put name="header" value="/tiles/common/header.jsp" /> > <put name="footer" value="/tiles/common/footer.jsp" /> > </definition> > > > <!-- ========== Index page definition > ============================== --> > <definition name="myapp.index" extends="myapp.default"> > <put name="title" value="Myapp > Index" /> > <put name="navbar" value="/tiles/tempNavBar.jsp" /> > <put name="body" value="/introduction.jsp" /> > </definition> > > </tiles-definitions> > > > ---------------------------------- > struts-config.xml > ---------------------------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> > > <!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC > "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts > Configuration 1.1//EN" > > "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd";> > > <struts-config> > > <!-- ======== Form Bean Definitions > =================================== > --> > <form-beans> > > </form-beans> > > <!-- ========== Global Forward Definitions > ============================== > --> > <global-forwards> > <forward name="index" path="/index.do"/> > </global-forwards> > > <!-- ========== Action Mapping Definitions > ============================== > --> > <action-mappings> > <action path="/index" > type="org.apache.struts.actions.ForwardAction" > parameter="myapp.index"/> > > </action-mappings> > > <!-- ========== Message Resources Definitions > =========================== > --> > <message-resources parameter="myapp.ApplicationResources"/> > > <!-- ========== Tiles Plug-in Configuration > =========================== > --> > <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin" > > <set-property property="definitions-config" > value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" /> > <set-property property="definitions-debug" value="2" /> > <set-property property="definitions-parser-details" value="2" /> > <set-property property="definitions-parser-validate" > value="true" /> > </plug-in> > > </struts-config> > > > ------------------------ > web.xml > ------------------------ > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <!DOCTYPE web-app > PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" > "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> > > <web-app> > > <!-- The Struts Action Servlet --> > <servlet> > <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> > > <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class> > <init-param> > <param-name>config</param-name> > <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>definitions-config</param-name> > <param-value>/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>debug</param-name> > <param-value>3</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>detail</param-name> > <param-value>3</param-value> > </init-param> > <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup> > </servlet> > > <!-- Action Servlet Mapping --> > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > <!-- Struts Tag Library Descriptors --> > <taglib> > <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-uri> > <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location> > </taglib> > <taglib> > <taglib-uri>/struts</taglib-uri> > <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/lib/struts.jar</taglib-location> > </taglib> > </web-app> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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