Would this be better handled in the web.xml???? Matt
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew J. Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 11:08 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Generic Error Handler I searched the archives and I must have missed it. I want to have a generic JSP or Servlet get invoked when an error occurs in my application. For example, when I try to clink on a link on one of my pages I get an error message: HTTP Status 500 - No action instance for path /detailSearch could be created Looking at the logs it is obvious why there is an error (because I didn't create the org.jax.mgi.mtb.wi.actions.DetailSearchAction class). What is the best approach to handle this type of error? I tried adding the following to my struts-config.xml, but it is not going to the appError.jsp page. <global-exceptions> <exception key="system.error" type="java.lang.Exception" path="/appError.jsp"/> <exception key="system.error" type="java.lang.ClassNotFoundException" path="/appError.jsp"/> </global-exceptions> What is the best way to handle this? What about other types of errors? Is there a rule of thumb that everyone follows? Sorry for the hopefully easy (probably already asked) question. Matt Here is an output of the logs: SEVERE: No action instance for path /detailSearch could be created java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jax.mgi.mtb.wi.actions.DetailSearchAction at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.jav a:1366) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.jav a:1213) at org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.applicationClass(RequestUtils.java:207) at org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.applicationInstance(RequestUtils.java:23 1) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionCreate(RequestProcess or.java:326) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:268) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:507) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:743) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.j ava:284) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:204) at org.jax.mgi.mtb.wi.filters.TimerFilter.doFilter(TimerFilter.java:23) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.j ava:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:204) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContex t.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContext Valve.java:24 5) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:199) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContex t.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:195 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContex t.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:164 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContex t.java:149) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :156) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContex t.java:151) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:972) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:211) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:805) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConne ction(Http11P rotocol.java:696) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:605) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav a:677) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]