Error creating form bean

[ERROR] RequestUtils - -Error creating form bean of class books.Book <java.lang.ClassCastException: books.Book>java.lang.ClassCastException: books.Book
at org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.createActionForm(RequestUtils.java:837)
at org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.initFormBean(FormTag.java:552)
at org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.doStartTag(FormTag.java:520)
at org.apache.jsp.CreateBook$jsp._jspService(CreateBook$jsp.java:144)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:107)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:202)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:382)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:474)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
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:2343)
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.java: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:174)
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:1012)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)

I am getting this error for a simple Action class named BookAction and Formbean named Book. Its not ven creating my Action class
My code -
CreateBook.jsp
<%@ page language="java" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<html:html locale="true">
<head>
<html:base/>
</head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<h2>Create a book</h2>
<html:errors/>
<html:form action="createBook.do" method="GET">
Title:<html:text property="title" /> <br/>
<html:submit property="submit"/>
</html:form>
</body>
</html:html>
Book has just some accessor and mutator methods
and BookAction was
package books;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
/*
The action for the creation of a book.
@author stephan@stephanwiesner.de
*/
public final class BookAction extends Action
{
/**
@param mapping The ActionMapping used to select this instance
@param form The optional ActionForm bean for this request (if any)
@param req The non-HTTP request we are processing
@param res The non-HTTP response we are creating
@return Return an ActionForward instance describing where and how
control should be forwarded, or null if the response has already
been completed.
*/
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest req,
HttpServletResponse res)
{
System.out.println("Start perform(" + form + ") . . ." );
String title = req.getParameter("title");
Book book = new Book();
book.setTitle( title );
System.out.println("After creation of book: " + book.getTitle() );
req.setAttribute("BOOK", book);
return mapping.findForward("bookCreated");
}
}
[ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: vishnu vardhan ]

can you also post the part of your struts-config.xml where your BooksAction is performed

Hi
I am also facing similar problem..Did anyone get the solution for this problem

Does books.Book sub-class ActionForm ?

Originally posted by Edward Kenworthy:
Does books.Book sub-class ActionForm ?

Of course it doesn't. Just grab the Struts source and look at RequestUtils line 837, where the stack trace is pointing you, you'd see something along the lines ofThat's pretty unambiguous. Struts is trying to cast to ActionForm, you get a ClassCastException complaining that it's of class Book, hence Book is not an ActionForm.
- Peter