Hi Tomcat People: On Attempt to start my app under Tomcat 5.0.16 on AIX 5.2 I get an error after adding a filter-mapping with a url-pattern containing forward slashes (in web.xml).
What I believe to be the relevant portion of the error from catalina.out: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid <url-pattern> /tool/*.afr in filter mapping (full error output follows below my sig). I can make the error disappear by removing the forward slashes from the <url-pattern> The following produces the error under Tomcat on AIX but works in my devel. environ. on Windows 2k using Oracle JDevloper 10g (OC4J as app.server) I can also duplicate the error under Red Hat 9/Tomcat 5.0.16: ----File: web.xml ------ <filter> <filter-name>Authority Filter</filter-name> <filter-class>edu.albany.allfunds.authority.AuthFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>Authority Filter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/tool/*.afr</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> ------------------------ while this works for both environments (Win2k with OC4J and AIX 5.2 with Tomcat 5.0.16): ----File: web.xml ------ <filter> <filter-name>Authority Filter</filter-name> <filter-class>edu.albany.allfunds.authority.AuthFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>Authority Filter</filter-name> <url-pattern>*.afr</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> ------------------------ But, applying the filter against all .afr files in the app breaks my security scheme (fyi: I'm using Struts and my actions use extension afr) . In google'ing I found this Bug report 13014 from the tomcat devel list: http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/tomcat-devel/2003-April/049823.html Checking Tomcat 5.0.19 release source I see this: Line 150: this.urlPattern = RequestUtil.URLDecode(urlPattern); in file FilterMap.java If this is even the problem, I'm not sure what to do with that information since it would seem that letting URLDecode default to the platform's character encoding is the desired behavior. I need some direction at this point.... |----------------------------------| | Ryan Russo | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University at Albany--Computing | | <<remove [noSPAM] to e-mail>> | | Technical Services Web Team | |__________________________________| --------File: catalina.out ----------------- [ERROR] Digester - -End event threw exception <java.lang.reflect.InvocationTarge tException>java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.IllegalArgumen tException: Invalid <url-pattern> /tool/*.afr in filter mapping at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addFilterMap(StandardContext .java:1937) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.jav a:252) at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:256) at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java(Compiled Code)) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java(Compile d Code)) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source )(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endNamespaceScope(Unknown Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown S ource)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown Source) (Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement( Unknown Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContent Dispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Un known Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationConfig(ContextCo nfig.java:302) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:64 4) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfi g.java:254) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl eSupport.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4 212) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase .java:866) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:85 0) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDep loyer.java:316) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:859) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:653 ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472 ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1002) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java :393) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl eSupport.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1133) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:816) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1125) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:518 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:5 19) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:234 3) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:297) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:398) [ERROR] ContextConfig - -Parse error in application web.xml <java.lang.IllegalAr gumentException: Invalid <url-pattern> /tool/*.afr in filter mapping>java.lang.I llegalArgumentException: Invalid <url-pattern> /tool/*.afr in filter mapping at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java (Inlined Compiled Code)) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java (Inlined Compiled Code)) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java(Compile d Code)) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source )(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endNamespaceScope(Unknown Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown S ource)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown Source) (Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement( Unknown Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContent Dispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Un known Source)(Compiled Code) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationConfig(ContextCo nfig.java:302) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:64 4) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfi g.java:254) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl eSupport.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4 212) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase .java:866) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:85 0) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDep loyer.java:316) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:859) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:653 ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472 ) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1002) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java :393) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl eSupport.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1133) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:816) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1125) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:518 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:5 19) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:234 3) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:297) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:398) [ERROR] ContextConfig - -Occurred at line 13 column 20 [ERROR] ContextConfig - -Marking this application unavailable due to previous er ror(s) [ERROR] Context - -Error getConfigured [ERROR] Context - -Context startup failed due to previous errors --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]