Hey , I just realized that actually i accidently placed el-api.jar in WEB-INF/lib folder. If i dont than i get the following exception:
Aug 31, 2010 4:28:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core. StandardContext listenerStart SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ExpressionFactory at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2389) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2699) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:326) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3744) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4252) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1173) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:549) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet(HTMLManagerServlet.java:105) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:627) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:873) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.el.ExpressionFactory at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1386) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1232) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:316) ... 27 more and the application is not started. thanks abhishek On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:42 PM, abhishek jain <abhishek.netj...@gmail.com>wrote: > hey > I was looking at the tomcat commons lib folder, there is a file called > commons-el.jar > > has that something to do with el-api.jar in my WEB-INF/lib folder ? > > > thanks > abhishek > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:26 PM, abhishek jain <abhishek.netj...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> yes, it was originally 2.5, i did tried changing it to 2.4 and of no use, >> >> >> thanks for answering but the problem still persists. >> >> abhishek >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Ben Souther <b...@souther.us> wrote: >> >>> Look at the top of your deployment descriptor (web.xml) and see if the >>> version is 2.4 or better. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 31, 2010, at 8:35 AM, abhishek jain wrote: >>> >>> > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >>> > >>> >> On 31/08/2010 12:52, abhishek jain wrote: >>> >>> Hi friends, >>> >>> I have a website in struts 1.2 hosted on tomcat 5.5.x and it uses EL. >>> >>> It is not being evaluated, any suggestions on the reasons why? >>> >> >>> >> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >>> >> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > Hey Mark, >>> > Sorry but >>> > What info should i provide for people to help me here, i am clueless. >>> > I used struts 1.2 , myeclipse, tomcat 5.5.28 . >>> > EL is not working on live but works on development environment on >>> myeclipse. >>> > -- >>> > Thanks and kind Regards, >>> > Abhishek jain >>> >> >