Struts2 & XWork

Does anyone know what version of Struts2 and XWork work together. I CANNOT get them to work together, I keep getting exceptions when I start my Tomcat Server.

I have tried Struts2 2.0.9 with XWork 2.0.4
Struts 2.1.6 with XWork 2.1.0 and XWork 2.1.2

I keep getting this or something similar

SEVERE: Exception starting filter struts2
Unable to load configuration. - bean - jar:file:/C:/Project%20Workspaces/NetBeans/workspaces/cswebapp/build/web/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-core-2.1.6.jar!/struts-default.xml:78:136
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:58)
at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init_PreloadConfiguration(Dispatcher.java:360)
at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init(Dispatcher.java:403)
at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.init(FilterDispatcher.java:190)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:221)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:302)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:78)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3635)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4222)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:626)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:553)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:488)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1150)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:448)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)
Caused by: Unable to load bean: type:com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.ValidatorFactory class:com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.DefaultValidatorFactory - bean - jar:file:/C:/Project%20Workspaces/NetBeans/workspaces/cswebapp/build/web/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-core-2.1.6.jar!/struts-default.xml:78:136
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.register(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:240)
at org.apache.struts2.config.StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.register(StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.java:101)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.impl.DefaultConfiguration.reloadContainer(DefaultConfiguration.java:178)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:55)
... 30 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.DefaultValidatorFactory
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1386)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1232)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.ClassLoaderUtil.loadClass(ClassLoaderUtil.java:147)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.register(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:208)

S2.0.9 uses XW2.0.4, S2.1.6 uses XW2.1.2. The issue is likely something else.

Are you using Maven or handling your dependencies manually?

Not using Maven. What is Maven?

Jennifer

Maven

What's the complete list of libraries you're deploying? (And are you sure they're deploying?)

(2.0.9 is a bit long-in-the-tooth, btw; 2.0.14 is current 2.0 release.)

Sorry - went home for the night

The libraries included are

antlr-2.7.6.jar
asm.jar
asm-attrs.jar
cglib-2.1.3.jar
commons-collections-2.1.1.jar
commons-logging-1.1.jar
dom4j-1.6.1.jar
ehcache-1.2.3.jar
jdbc2_0-stdext.jar
jta.jar
hibernate3.jar
hibernate-tools.jar
hibernate-annotations.jar
hibernate-commons-annotations.jar
hibernate-entitymanager.jar
javassist.jar
commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
commons-chain-1.2.jar
commons-collections-3.2.jar
commons-digester-1.8.jar
commons-fileupload-1.2.1.jar
commons-io-1.3.2.jar
commons-lang-2.3.jar
commons-logging-1.0.4.jar
commons-logging-api-1.1.jar
commons-validator-1.3.1.jar
freemarker-2.3.13.jar
ognl-2.6.11.jar
dogo-plugin-2.1.6.jar

struts2-core-2.0.9.jar
xwork-2.0.4.jar

I think they are being deployed...i am using a new ide (NetBeans) from JBuilder but here is the build info

library-inclusion-in-archive:
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib
Copying 1 file to C:\Project Workspaces\NetBeans\workspaces\cswebapp\build\web\WEB-INF\lib

And like I said, I have replaced the struts core and xwork with both
Struts 2.1.6 with XWork 2.1.0 and XWork 2.1.2
and still not working.

Thanks!!

Jennifer

Notice this line:

Struts is having a problem resolving a dependency, of which there are many.
My advice is to take the version of Struts you want to use, download the "full" distribution, locate the example applications in the "apps" directory, unzip the "struts2-blank-x.x.x.war file and copy the contents of the $UNZIP_DIR/WEB-INF/lib directory to the corresponding directory in your build path.

Will do.....I'll let you know how it works out.

Thanks!

Jennifer

You *may* be able to use the 2.1.6 Dojo plugin with S2.0, but you probably shouldn't--S2.0's Dojo tags are built-in.

Okay thanks.

J.

You might be missing the commons-fileupload jar. As of 2.1.2, this is no
longer an optional dependency. See if this fixes your problem.

Regards,
Milind

It's in the list of jars provided by the OP.

hello Jennifer
this time I have the same problem with you,can you tell me how did you resolve this problem?

Welcome to the Javaranch.
I stand by my post from 3.5 years ago:

My advice is to take the version of Struts you want to use, download the "full" distribution, locate the example applications in the "apps" directory, unzip the "struts2-blank-x.x.x.war file and copy the contents of the $UNZIP_DIR/WEB-INF/lib directory to the corresponding directory in your build path.