Error while starting jforum - java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: d

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Here is the question when i setup the Communities:

net.jforum.exceptions.ForumStartupException: Error while starting jforum - java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: d
at java.net.URL.(URL.java:544)
at java.net.URL.(URL.java:434)
at java.net.URL.(URL.java:383)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:807)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startDocumentEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:753)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.setInputSource(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:260)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(DTDConfiguration.java:499)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(DTDConfiguration.java:581)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:152)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1175)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:394)
at net.jforum.util.bbcode.BBCodeHandler.parse(BBCodeHandler.java:83)
at net.jforum.JForumCommonServlet.loadConfigStuff(JForumCommonServlet.java:133)
at net.jforum.JForumCommonServlet.init(JForumCommonServlet.java:114)
at net.jforum.JForum.init(JForum.java:92)
The setup has failed, what's wrong? who can give me some suggestion?
all help are greately appreciated ..
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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Please see

http://www.jforum.net/confluence/display/FAQ/general#general-changeXmlParser

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Hi,

if changes described in FAQ didn't help,
i suggest to make change in net.jforum.util.bbcode.BBCodeHandler.parse()
from:

parser.parse(input, bbParser);

to:

 try {
    parser.parse(input, bbParser);
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    input = new InputSource("file:/" + SystemGlobals.getValue(ConfigKeys.CONFIG_DIR) + "/bb_config.xml");
    parser.parse(input, bbParser);
}

this is useful if you use Xerces/Xalan under Windows OS

Jacek Drobiecki
[originally posted on jforum.net by jacek]

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Hi Jacek,

Thanks a ton! This tip really helped!!

However, just curious - my configuration worked fine on one m/c, but gave this problem on another. All JARs apparently seemed to be similar. I couldn't quite understand the reason for this exception.

Cheers,
Saurabh
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\JForum-test/WEB-INF/config/languages/en_US.properties
13:02:48,489 ERROR [ForumException ] java.net.MalformedURLException: unknow
n protocol: c
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:586)
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:476)
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:425)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntity(XMLEntityManager.
java:807)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startDocumentEntity(XMLEntity
Manager.java:753)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.setInputSource(XMLDocum
entScannerImpl.java:260)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(DTDConfiguration.jav
a:499)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(DTDConfiguration.jav
a:581)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:152)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.j
ava:1175)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:394)
at net.jforum.util.bbcode.BBCodeHandler.parse(BBCodeHandler.java:79)
at net.jforum.JForumCommonServlet.loadConfigStuff(JForumCommonServlet.ja
va:133)
at net.jforum.JForumCommonServlet.init(JForumCommonServlet.java:107)
at net.jforum.InstallServlet.init(InstallServlet.java:70)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.
java:934)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.jav
a:666)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperV
alve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextV
alve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:
2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.j
ava:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatche
rValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.j
ava:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineVal
ve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:22
3)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java
:432)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proce
ssConnection(Http11Protocol.java:386)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java
:534)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadP
ool.java:530)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)



got this error while installing ...
can any one just tell me how to get rid of this error .
do i need to do the same steps as showed ..
[originally posted on jforum.net by nazia]

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Tomcat 4.1 is pretty old... it's probably a problem with either the JVM version that's running this or just the Tomcat version. It might also be a problem with the version of the Xerces XML libraries not working with older JVM code.

I'd suggest upgrading to modern versions of both the JVM and Tomcat (at least JVM 5.0 and TC 5.5). In theory, Jforum should run on older versions but this hasn't been tested recently.

FWIW, it looks like it's trying to parse a local file name (C:\...) as a URL for some reason.
[originally posted on jforum.net by monroe]