Struts tags and Filter Dispatcher Url Pattern-struts 2.1.1

[Sanjeev Vijapurapu]

Hi,

I have recently upgraded to struts 2.1.1 and if my struts filter
dispatcher url pattern is not "/*" instead it is "/actions/*,
/struts/*".

And now if I am trying to access a jsp page that is not under that url
pattern ( something like /test.jsp), struts tags in that jsp page fail.

I get the following stack trace

 

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.TagUtils.getStack(TagUtils.java:55)
        at
org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.StrutsBodyTagSupport.getStack(StrutsBodyTag
Support.java:46)
        at
org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ComponentTagSupport.doStartTag(ComponentTag
Support.java:47)
        at
org.apache.jsp.test_jsp._jspx_meth_sx_head_0(org.apache.jsp.test_jsp:95)
        at
org.apache.jsp.test_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.test_jsp:65)
        at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:93)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.ja
va:373)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:470)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:364)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
 
So does this mean that if my jsp is using struts tags, it has to go
through filter dispatcher?
 
Thanks