tiles definition error, maping .(dot) error

[Bruno Korcinski]

Hi guys,
for some reason I'm getting error when I tried to run tiles from tiles-defs.xml config file....
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path .testcentreLayout does not start with a "/" character
I checked and correct everything and I cant move on with the tiles...
It seems that .testcentreLAyout definition wants the servlet solve as regular file...I have check web.xml for init definitions,servlet-config for plugin tiles...tiles-defs for correcrt syntax...and I'm lost....
the error is created when action is forwarded to .testcentreLayout
thanks for ideas...
Igor
********************tiles-defs***************************************
<tiles-definitions>
<definition name=".testcentreLayout" path="/pages_jsp/common/layouts/test_centre_layout.jsp">
<put name="header" value="/pages_jsp/common/header.jsp" />
<put name="footer" value="/pages_jsp/common/footer.jsp" />
</definition>
</tiles-definitions>
***********************error from console***********************************
19:29:01,985 INFO [Engine] action: Processing a GET for /Welcome
19:29:02,045 INFO [Engine] action: Setting locale 'en_CA'
19:29:02,045 INFO [Engine] action: Looking for ActionForm bean under attribute 'app.pokusForm'
19:29:02,045 INFO [Engine] action: Looking for Action instance for class app.pokus
19:29:02,055 INFO [Engine] action: Double checking for Action instance already there
19:29:02,055 INFO [Engine] action: Creating new Action instance
19:29:02,055 INFO [STDOUT] from pokus classsssssssssss
19:29:02,055 ERROR [Engine] StandardWrapperValve[action]: Servlet.service() for servlet action threw exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path .testcentreLayout does not start with a "/" character
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.getRequestDispatcher(ApplicationContext.java:1179)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.getRequestDispatcher(ApplicationContextFacade.java
***************************web.xml*************************************
<!-- Standard Struts configuration -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<!-- servlet-class>org.apache.struts.tiles.ActionComponentServlet</servlet-class -->
<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>config</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>debug</param-name>
<param-value>2</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>detail</param-name>
<param-value>2</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>null</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- makes request scope the default -->
<init-param>
<param-name>mapping</param-name>
<param-value>org.apache.struts.action.RequestActionMapping</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- Tiles parameters -->
<init-param>
<param-name>definitions-config</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>definitions-debug</param-name>
<param-value>2</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>definitions-parser-details</param-name>
<param-value>2</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>definitions-parser-validate</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- Startup priority -->
<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

***********************struts-config.xml******************************
<action-mappings>
<action
path="/Welcome"
name="app.pokusForm"
type="app.pokus" >
<forward name="success" path=".testcentreLayout" />
</action>
......
<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin">
<set-property property="definitions-config" value="/WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml" />
<set-property property="definitions-debug" value="1" />
<set-property property="definitions-parser-details" value="0" />
<set-property property="definitions-parser-validate" value="true" />
</plug-in>