Quoting "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter Crowther wrote: > >>From: D. Stimits [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>I'm trying to debug something, and the individual > >>webapps/myapp/WEB-INF/web.xml file seems to be a bit of an > >>enigma to me. > > > > [...] > > > >>I went to the DTD's to see what was > >>written there. Initially I used this DTD: > >><!DOCTYPE web-app > >> PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN" > >> "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd";> > >> > >>...shock and surprise...resource-env-ref is not even in the > >>DTD. > > > > [...] > > > >>Incidentally, this tag is properly described in > >>http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd. > > > > > > Which version of Tomcat are you using, and how did you choose the DTD > > against which to validate? Different versions implement different > > revisions of the servlet spec, and it's very likely that you're using a > > sufficiently recent version of Tomcat that the 2.3 or 2.4 specs are > > implemented. > > Tomcat is version 5.0.30, originally I just copied from a blank struts > app set of files, which used the 2.2 DTD. > > Regardless of which DTD's tomcat supports under 5.0, it seems to be a > bug that it ignores the stated DTD and gives no error or warning that a > tag is being used that the DTD does not know anything about. Now if a > DTD version stated in the web.xml file is not supported by tomcat, I'd > expect an error be generated there as well. >
I think you have to set validating to true in server.xml. Otherwise, the file is parsed in a non-validating fashion. Sorry, don't remember exactly where you set this, but I do seem to recall something like this. It's probably on the <Host> tag, but I'm not sure. Check the docs. Jake --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
