Getting started with struts2 but having problems

[Timo Tamme]

I'm trying to setup maven and struts 2 project in Eclipse, but I'm having problems. I have chosen to create simple HelloWorld example and afterwards add some other functionality, but I'm having problems.

I have 'struts.xml' path in project: src/main/resources/struts.xml

and inside it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd"> <struts> <package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default"> <action name="Login"> <result>/Pages/Login.jsp</result> </action> <action name="Index"> <result>/Pages/Index.jsp</result> </action> <action name="Welcome" class="com.contactweb.main.Contact"> <result name="SUCCESS">/Pages/Welcome.jsp</result> </action> </package> </struts>
also I have web.xml with path src/main/web/WEB-INF/web.xml and content:

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" > <web-app> <display-name>ContactWeb</display-name> <filter> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> </web-app>
From commandline I use 'mvn clean install' and I get .war file to target folder, that .war file I'm going to deploy under Tomcat (also it deploys it successfully) but when I enter url I get error:

The requested resource (/ContactWeb/Pages/Login.jsp) is not available.

same error with different url-s only path is different (/ContactWeb/Login.jsp, /ContactWeb/Login.action etc.).

In my project I do have Login.jsp, Index.jsp and also Welcome.jsp. They are under: src/main/web/Pages

I have read somewhere that in struts2 I need to but .action extension to url, but it doesn't work and also why in struts.xml is package name and namespace? what exactly needs to be there? I have read that is for page what it is going to display?

[Mohana Rao Sv]

Hi @Timo

I would like to add my analysis

The requested resource (/ContactWeb/Pages/Login.jsp) is not available.

it's 404 exception - Let us know how you are calling your action Login.

It should be

<result>/WEB-INF/pages/videoPlayer.jsp</result>

it should be http://localhost:8080/yourApplicationName/Login Remember in struts2 you can define any extension you want but if you are not specifying anything struts add .action

same error with different url-s only path is different (/ContactWeb/Login.jsp, /ContactWeb/Login.action etc.).

In my project I do have Login.jsp, Index.jsp and also Welcome.jsp. They are under: src/main/web/Pages

I have read somewhere that in struts2 I need to but .action extension to url, but it doesn't work and also why in struts.xml is package name and namespace? what exactly needs to be there? I have read that is for page what it is going to display?

Struts2 NameSpace

Mohan.