struts-config.xml file errors

[shailesh kumar]

Hi All,

Could any one point out whats wrong with my struts-config file..I always get the following excepetions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.1//EN"
                               "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd">
 
<struts-config>
    
    <!-- ========== Data Source Configuration ============================== -->
    <data-sources>
    </data-sources>
 
    <!-- ========== Form Bean Definitions =================================== -->
 
    <form-beans>
        <form-bean name="simplePlateInfoForm" type="com.barcodes.plateloader.form.SimplePlateInfoForm" />
        <form-bean name="simpleBarcodeForm" type="com.barcodes.plateloader.form.SimpleBarcodeForm" />
        <form-bean name="simpleExcelIDForm" type="com.barcodes.plateloader.form.SimpleExcelIDForm" />
        <form-bean name="simpleAssayForm" type="com.barcodes.plateloader.form.SimpleAssayForm" />
        
    </form-beans>
    
    <!-- ========= Global Exception Definitions ============================ -->
    <global-exceptions>
    </global-exceptions>
    <!-- ========== Action Mapping Definitions ============================== -->
    <action-mappings>
        <action path="/processPlateInfo" 
        type="com.barcodes.plateloader.action.ProcessPlateInfoAction" 
        name="simplePlateInfoForm" 
        scope="session" 
        input="/SelectPlateInfo.jsp"
        validate="true">
            <forward name="success" path="/PlateBarcodePage.jsp"/>
        </action>
    </action-mappings>
 
    <action-mappings>
        <action path="/processBarcode" 
        type="com.barcodes.plateloader.action.ProcessBarcodeAction" 
        name="simpleBarcodeForm" 
        scope="session" 
        input="/PlateBarcodePage.jsp"
        validate="true">
            <forward name="success" path="/Excelids.jsp"/>
        </action>
    </action-mappings>
    
    <action-mappings>
        <action path="/processExelIDs" 
        type="com.barcodes.plateloader.action.ProcessExcelIDAction" 
        name="simpleExcelIDForm" 
        scope="session" 
        input="/Excelids.jsp"
        validate="true">
            <forward name="success" path="/PlateTypes.jsp"/>
        </action>
    </action-mappings>
 
    <action-mappings>
        <action path="/processAssays" 
        type="com.barcodes.plateloader.action.ProcessAssayAction" 
        name="simpleAssayForm" 
        scope="session" 
        input="/PlateTypes.jsp"
        validate="true">
            <forward name="success" path="/PreviewPage.jsp"/>
        </action>
    </action-mappings>
 
    
    <!-- ========== Controller Configuration =============================== -->
 
    <controller/>
    <!-- ========== Message Resources Definitions =========================== -->
 
    <message-resources parameter="com.barcodes.plateloader.ApplicationResources" null="false"/>
 
    <!-- ========== Plug-ins Configuration ================================== -->
 
    
     <plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
        <set-property property="pathnames" 
                      value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,
                                /WEB-INF/validation.xml" />
    </plug-in>
</struts-config>
 

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[CODE]
09:52:50,741 ERROR [Digester] Parse Error at line 85 column 17: The content of e
lement type "struts-config" must match "(data-sources?,form-beans?,global-except
ions?,global-forwards?,action-mappings?,controller?,message-resources*,plug-in*)
".
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The content of element type "struts-config" must
match "(data-sources?,form-beans?,global-exceptions?,global-forwards?,action-map
pings?,controller?,message-resources*,plug-in*)".
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Un
known Source)
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown S
ource)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknow
n Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContent
Dispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Un
known Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
[CODE]

[Merrill Higginson]

I don't see anything obvious. Finding XML clerical errors can be a real hassle. Here's a technique I'd recommend:

Make a copy of your current struts-config.xml

Replace the current struts-config.xml file with the empty one that comes with the struts download.

restart the application to see that there are no parsing errors

One at a time, replace each <form-bean> tag and any corresponding <action> tags from your copied file, restarting the application each time.

After following this process, you should know where the problem is.

[shailesh kumar]

Thanks Merrill !!

[shailesh kumar]

I think I found the problem , its bcz I was closing </action-mapping> tag after each <action> tag. There shud be only one start and end of <action-mapping> tag.

[Ajay Reddy]

Try using Struts Console. It will make life easier.