getting ClassNotFoundException

Hi
Please go through my source code and let me know the what has gone wrong.
Following is struts-config.xml
<struts-config>
<action-mappings>
<action path="/register1"
type="coreservlets.RegisterAction1"
>
<forward name="success"
path="/result1.jsp"/>

</action>
</action-mappings>
<message-resources parameter="resources.application"
null="false"/>
</struts-config>

Following is register1.jsp
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>New Account Registration</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FDF5E6">
<CENTER>
<H1>New Account Registration</H1>
<form action="register1.do" method="POST">
<bean:message key="form.email"/>
<input type="text" name="email"/><BR>
<bean:message key="form.password"/>
<input type="password" name="password"/><BR>
<input type="submit" value="Signup" />
</form>
</CENTER>
</BODY></HTML>
Following is RegisterAction1.java [ I kept it under classes/coreservlets dir]
package coreservlets;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import org.apache.struts.action.*;

public class RegisterAction1 extends Action {
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws Exception {

return(mapping.findForward("success"));
}
}
Following is result1.jsp
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Success</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FDF5E6">
<CENTER>
<H1><bean:message key="form.register.successful"/></H1>
(Version 1)
</CENTER>
</BODY></HTML>
Following is what i set in the classpath.
.;C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29\common\lib\servlet.jar;C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29\webapps\myproject\WEB-INF\classes;C:\jakarta-struts-1.1\lib\struts.jar
I have struts.jar present in lib dir also.
I am getting the following error in the tomcat server.
No action instance for path /register1 could be created.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: coreservlets.RegisterAction1
I get the following message in the browser.
The server encountered an internal error (No action instance for path /register1 could be created) that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
[ March 30, 2004: Message edited by: sonali rao ]
[ March 30, 2004: Message edited by: sonali rao ]

<action-mappings>
<action path="/register1" type="coreservlets.RegisterAction1">
should read
<action-mappings>
<action path="/register1" type="coreservlets.RegisterAction1" />

To
Roger Garner
What you have said is incorrect.
struts-config.xml structure is something like this.
<action path="" type="">
<forward name="" path="" />
</action> ----->action tag ends here.
Anyways i am still stuck with my ClassNotFoundException. any idea?

Sonali,
What you have to do to get this straightened is this:

1)Remove those WEB-INF\classes and struts.jar from the classpath
2)Create a WAR or WAR like exploded directory structure with WEB-INF and lib sub directories. Put all your application related classes and jars there.
3)Always maintain a single copy of each jars. Never put your web application jars in the system classpath.
That will solve the infamous class notfound exception.
[ March 30, 2004: Message edited by: Srikanth Shenoy ]

I modified my classpath by removing struts.jar and WEB-INF/classes from the classpath but it dint solve my problem. I still get the ClassNotFoundException.