Regarding web.xml

Hi,
I'm trying to create a custom tag. tld file and taglib java file both are fine. there is no prob.
If i try to start the server(tomcat 4.X.X), it shows exception. This error related to Header the header is,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE taglib PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JSP Tag Library 1.1//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-jsptaglibrary_1_1.dtd">

<web-app>
<display-name>Welcome to Tomcat</display-name>
<description>
Welcome to Tomcat
</description>

.
.
.
</web-app>
the exception is,

ContextConfig[/OBA] Parse error in application web.xml
java.net.UnknownHostException: java.sun.com
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:143)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:425)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:375)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:139)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:366)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:582)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:292)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:253)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:321)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:306)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:301)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConne
ction.java:463)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection
.java:454)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLCon
nection.java:556)
at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:955)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(Unknown So
urce)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntity(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startDTDEntity(Unknown Source
)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.setInputSource(Unknown Sourc
e)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDDispatcher.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.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationConfig(ContextCo
nfig.java:282)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:63
9)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfi
g.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl
eSupport.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3
587)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase
.java:821)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:80
7)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild(StandardHostDe
ployer.java:700)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.jav
a:252)
at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:256)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:276)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1058)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source
)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(
Unknown 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.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1567)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDep
loyer.java:385)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:819)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.j
ava:442)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:399
)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java
:358)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl
eSupport.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1196)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:363
)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:4
97)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:219
0)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:512)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)

ContextConfig[/OBA]: Pipline Configuration:
ContextConfig[/OBA]: org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve/1.0
ContextConfig[/OBA]: ======================
ContextConfig[/OBA]: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(
s)

Thanks in advance.

Viswa

Are you still having this problem? It looks like the parser may have croaked when it couldn't download the DTD for the XML file. Maybe it was just a temporary DNS black-hole.