I am trying to use the struts in a web application , this is my first time i m using it, and i am facing the following error
type Exception report message Internal Server Error description The server encountered an internal error (Internal Server Error) that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Error instantiating servlet class MyActionServlet at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:895) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:655) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java: 214) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java: 190) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2347) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.jav a:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:17 4) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:102 7) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1125) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479) root cause java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/beanutils/Converter at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:232) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:886) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:655) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java: 214) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java: 190) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2347) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.jav a:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:17 4) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:102 7) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1125) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
for verfying that i am placing the class files in the right directory i wrote one more application code and tried to run , it worked absolutely fine ,I am using the tomcat 4.0 server and i placed the class files in the directory
it worked fine , but when i am using the struts framework i am facing the above error , i would like to mention what changes i have done before running the struts based web application
(1) I PALCED THE struts-config.xml file in the directory TOMCATROOT\webapps\application-root\web-inf (2) WITH THAT I HAVE PLACED THE struts.jar file in TOMCATRPPT\webapps\application-context\web-inf\lib
do i need to do some more changes or need to mention few more things..
i would also like t o mention what i thought of the probelm., i think that the problem coud be with the location where we should have a copy of struts.jar file in the tomcat server or it could be a version conflict that is may be there could be a stipulation about specific verison of struts.xml file to be used with this version of tomacat
I BADLY NEED HELP ON THIS
I WILL REALLY APPRECIATE ANY KIND OF SUGGESTION/HELP AS I AM RELLY STUCK IN THIS AND BEING A FIRST ATTEMPT I COUDNT THINK MORE AND NOT ABLE TO DO MUCH IN THIS....