org.apache.struts.action does not exist!!

[Jaffery Rab]

Hi
I am new to struts and trying to run my first struts application, but getting error while try to compile my Formbeam, error message is :
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C:\j2sdk1.4.1_02\bin\com\struts\LookupForm.java:6: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
^
C:\j2sdk1.4.1_02\bin\com\struts\LookupForm.java:7: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
^
C:\j2sdk1.4.1_02\bin\com\struts\LookupForm.java:10: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class ActionForm
location: class com.struts.LookupForm
public class LookupForm extends ActionForm{
^
C:\j2sdk1.4.1_02\bin\com\struts\LookupForm.java:30: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class ActionMapping
location: class com.struts.LookupForm
public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
^
4 errors
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code is :
<CODE>
package com.struts;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

public class LookupForm extends ActionForm{
private String symbol=null;

public String getSymbol(){
return (symbol);
}
public void setSymbol(String symbol){
this.symbol=symbol;

}
public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {

this.symbol=null;
}

}
</CODE>

my struts-config.xml looks like this:
<CODE>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config
PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation //DTD Struts Configuration 1.1//EN"
"http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd">
<struts-config>
<message-resources parameter="com.struts.ApplicationResources" />

<form-bean name="lookupForm" type="com.struts.LookupForm" />
</struts-config>
</CODE>

and my we.xml looks like this:
<CODE>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
</web-app>
</CODE>
and I have put struts.jar, commons-beanutils.jar, commons-collections.jar, commons-dbcp.jar, commons-digester.jar, commons-logging.jar, commons.pool.jar, commons-validator.jar in WEB-INF/lib directory.

[Jaffery Rab]

just discard <CODE> tag also I am using tomcat4

[Chris Mathews]

How are you compiling your classes? Regardless, you need to make sure the Struts classes are on your compiler CLASSPATH.

[Jaffery Rab]

how can I put struts classes in in my class path. I have copied all struts jar files in my WEB-INF/lib is it not enough?

[Chris Mathews]

Originally posted by Jaffery Rab:
how can I put struts classes in in my class path. I have copied all struts jar files in my WEB-INF/lib is it not enough?

These classes are used by the Web Container when the web application is deployed. They are not used by the compiler unless you explicitly put them on the compiler's CLASSPATH.

[Jaffery Rab]

I have put my .java classes in src folder in <CATALINA_HOME>/webapps/StrutsProject/WEB-INF/src and trying to compile it from there. I have also put all struts jar in <CATALINA_HOME>/webapps/StrutsProject/WEB-INF/lib what else am I supposed to do to make all struts classes available for compiler classpath.
Also I have all struts jar files in lib directory of my jdk.../lib an put .java in jdk../bin and try to compile it from there but got same error.

How and where can I put all struts jar files so I will get rid of this error. Please help me !

[Thomas Paul]

Put them in your classpath. You can also read the articles that I wrote which suggest placing your sturts.jar file in the ext directory.