Hi, Seems like a solid report. Post it in Bugzilla (probably to the Jasper component). I notice you said 5.0.27: does 5.0.28 work?
Yoav Shapira <http://www.yoavshapira.com/> >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 2:50 PM >To: 'Tomcat Users List' >Subject: RE: versions 2.3 and 2.4 of web.xml > >Yoav, I have recreated my example. I deleted my installation and >reinstalled 5.0.27 from scratch (on win2k / JDK 1.4.2_05). > >I then added a simple webapp called "test" by adding these three files >under >the webapps folder: >test\index.jsp >test\prelude.jspf >test\WEB-INF\web.xml > >The file contents are as follows (I know that the jsps contain incomplete >HTML but they suffice to keep the example simple). > >--index.jsp-- >========================== ><p>This is index.jsp</p> >========================== > >--prelude.jspf-- >========================== ><p>This is prelude.jspf</p> >========================== > >--web.xml-- >========================== ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> ><!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> > <jsp-config> > <jsp-property-group> > <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern> > <include-prelude>prelude.jspf</include-prelude> > </jsp-property-group> > </jsp-config> ></web-app> >========================== > >Note that the web.xml above uses the 2.3 DTD. >I made no other changes to the standard installation. > >I then started tomcat (I already have it installed as a service). I then >accessed http://localhost:8080/test/ using IE6. This displayed the file >index.jsp. The browser showed just the text "This is index.jsp". In other >words, no text from prelude.jspf was included even though this is >configured >in web.xml. No errors were logged in any of the logfiles. > >As a check, I then stopped tomcat and edited web.xml to give it the 2.4 >headers, deleted all the files from the work directory, then restarted >tomcat and ctrl-F5'd IE to force-reload the page. This time, the text from >prelude.jspf was included in index.jsp, and no errors were logged. > >So, as far as I can tell, it seems that the <include-prelude> tag is being >silently ignored when placed in a 2.3 web.xml, but no errors are being >thrown. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steve Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday 07 October 2004 18:42 >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> Subject: RE: versions 2.3 and 2.4 of web.xml >> >> >> >> Unfortunately I deleted my example once I'd realised what the >> problem was. >> Like you I don't have time now, but will try to find time >> soon to redo it, >> and post an example. >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Thursday 07 October 2004 16:43 >> > To: Tomcat Users List >> > Subject: RE: versions 2.3 and 2.4 of web.xml >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi, >> > I didn't follow the thread on include-prelude (not my cup >> of tea). If >> > you can post a web.xml (or better yet, a simple WAR containing this >> > web.xml) that is invalid according to its own declared DTD and yet >> > Tomcat doesn't complain, that'd be great. I don't have time >> > to look at >> > this now, there are more important issues around, but maybe >> > eventually... ;) >> > >> > Yoav Shapira >> > Millennium Research Informatics >> > >> > >> > >-----Original Message----- >> > >From: Steve Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:27 AM >> > >To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> > >Subject: RE: versions 2.3 and 2.4 of web.xml >> > > >> > > >> > >Yoav, I see your point in your previousu post on this thread >> > re 2.3 DTD >> > >still being valid. However what do you think regarding the >> > possible bug >> > >mentioned in my later post below? (i.e. that a 2.4 >> feature used in a >> > 2.3 >> > >file does not cause an exception, but instead is silently ignored). >> > The >> > >validation that tomcat does on web.xml is usually very thorough, so >> > this >> > >case seems to be a bit of an anomaly. >> > > >> > >> -----Original Message----- >> > >> From: Steve Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> Sent: Thursday 30 September 2004 18:03 >> > >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> > >> Subject: RE: versions 2.3 and 2.4 of web.xml >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> Further to my note below, plus my previous posts on "Who has got >> > >> <include-prelude> to work?", I think I might have stumbled >> > across the >> > >> answers to both myself. >> > >> >> > >> Basically my web.xml files were based on the v2.3 files that >> > >> shipped with >> > >> the standard installation, and using these seems to have >> > >> silently suppressed >> > >> the 2.4 features, including <include-prelude>. >> > >> >> > >> Not sure if this is a bug - if web.xml encounters a tag which >> > >> it knows is >> > >> valid in its current version, but not in the earlier version >> > >> declared in the >> > >> <web-app> tag, should an exception be thrown, or should it >> > >> silently ignore >> > >> it? >> > >> >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > From: Steve Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > Sent: Thursday 30 September 2004 17:32 >> > >> > To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> > >> > Subject: versions 2.3 and 2.4 of web.xml >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Only just noticed this, looks like a possible bug, but >> > >> maybe there's a >> > >> > reason behind it? >> > >> > >> > >> > Basically, the default web.xml files included within the >> > >> > standard webapps of >> > >> > 5.0.27 and 5.0.28 seem to be a mix of webapp v2.3 and v2.4 - >> > >> > anyone know if >> > >> > there is a reason for this, or is this a bug? >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> 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] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential >> > business communication, and may contain information that is >> > confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. 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