Missing CharacterEncodingFilter, UrlRewriteFilter?

[Mimi Tam]

Hi,

I am simply trying to get the Spring 3.0 sample App "mvc-basic" to run in Tomcat from Eclipse with Maven2.

At boot time, I got HTTP 404 with ClassNotFoundException on org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter and org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter. I have these 2 classes on my Build Path, in my App, in Tomcat and no where else. Their versions are the same.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

INFO: Starting service Catalina
Mar 16, 2010 5:08:54 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.18
Mar 16, 2010 5:08:54 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart
SEVERE: Exception starting filter characterEncodingFilter
[b][color=red]java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter[/color][/b]
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:249)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:397)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:108)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3709)
.....

Mar 16, 2010 5:08:54 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart
SEVERE: Exception starting filter UrlRewriteFilter
[b][color=red]java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter[[/color]/b]
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:249)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:397)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:108)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3709)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4363)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)

THANK YOU
THA

[Christophe Verré]

Did you put the org.springframework.web-X.X.X.jar in the lib directory of your web application ? Please post the full path of where you put that jar file.

[Mimi Tam]

My org.springframework.web.3.0.0.RELEASE jar file is under my maven dependencies lib, in my Java Build Path for the project and in Apache Tomcat's lib.

Here's is a picture of my maven directory viewed in Eclipse:

Looking forward to knowing what I did wrong. THANK YOU!

[Christophe Verré]

and in Apache Tomcat's lib.

Instead, put it under your web application's WEB-INF/lib.

[Mimi Tam]

Unfortunately, they are in the App lib. The picture above is from the Eclipse project dir. Those files are definitely in the App dir.

p.s. Sorry I was not clear enough when explaining the problem.

[Christophe Verré]

You are making a web application, aren't you ? Where is the root of your web application ? You must have a directory (maybe somewhere under Tomcat's webapps directory ?) where your web application lives, with a WEB-INF directory in it.

[Mimi Tam]

Hi,

Yes, I am making a web application.

I am having terrible trouble locating files at runtime. Using Maven2 seemed to have made it worse (all due to my own wrong doing, or course....but only if I knew and how I wish to know what I'd done wrong.... ).

I am now facing this problem - applicationContext-dataSource.xml is not finding my jdbc.properties file.

This is the exception I am getting:

Mar 18, 2010 1:37:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException:[b] [color=red]Could not load properties; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [src/main/resources/jdbc.properties] cannot be opened because it does not exist[/color][/b]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyResourceConfigurer.postProcessBeanFactory(PropertyResourceConfigurer.java:78)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:624)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:599)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:398)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:261)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:192)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3843)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4342)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
....

Here's my web.xml showing where my webAppRootKey is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
		xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">

	<display-name>Spring PetClinic</display-name>
	<description>Spring PetClinic sample application</description>
	<context-param>
		<param-name>webAppRootKey</param-name>
		<param-value>petclinic.root</param-value>
	</context-param>
	
	<context-param>
		<param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
		<param-value>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties</param-value>
	</context-param>

	<context-param>
		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
		<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jdbc.xml</param-value>
	</context-param>

	<listener>
		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
	</listener>
	
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/static/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
	
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>petclinic</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>

	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>petclinic</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

    <filter>
        <filter-name>httpMethodFilter</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter</filter-class>
    </filter>

    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>httpMethodFilter</filter-name>
        <servlet-name>petclinic</servlet-name>
    </filter-mapping>
    
	<session-config>
		<session-timeout>10</session-timeout>
	</session-config>

	<error-page>
		<exception-type>java.lang.Exception</exception-type>
		<!-- Displays a stack trace -->
		<location>/WEB-INF/jsp/uncaughtException.jsp</location>
	</error-page>
</web-app> 

This is my applicationContext.dataSource.xml file where "${jdbc.driverClassName} is not found:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
		xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
		xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" 
		xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
		xsi:schemaLocation="
			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
			http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
			http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc.xsd">
					<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:src/main/resources/jdbc.properties"/>

	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close"
			p:driverClassName=[b]"${[color=red]jdbc.driverClassName[/color]}"[/b] p:url="${jdbc.url}"
			p:username="${jdbc.username}" p:password="${jdbc.password}"/>

	<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource">
		<jdbc:script location="${jdbc.initLocation}"/>
		<jdbc:script location="${jdbc.dataLocation}"/>
	</jdbc:initialize-database>
</beans>

But my jdbc.properties file is in "<webAppRoot: petclinic>src/main/resources" as specified in the classpath and within the Eclipse project. Here is where my "jdbc.properties" file is - <webAppRoot>/src/main/resoureces (please see picture below).

I tried manipulating the classpath with absolute and relative paths but nothing worked. I am really at a loss ....

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks

[Christophe Verré]

When you run a web application, the root of the application is not in the classpath. You can make a "classes" directory under WEB-INF, and put your properties file in there.

[Mimi Tam]

Hi Christophe,e.

Thank you so much for the advice! My "jdbc.properties" error went away and I got another error. I searched for info and solution for it but so far came up with nothing. I don't mean to post every problem that I encountered on this forum but only the ones that I really could not find a clue. I think I need help on this one as well...

"...
Mar 18, 2010 8:04:30 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/48 config=null
Mar 18, 2010 8:04:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 5004 ms
Mar 18, 2010 8:06:24 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet default threw exception
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: No group 1
at java.util.regex.Matcher.group(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Matcher.appendReplacement(Unknown Source)
at java.util.regex.Matcher.replaceAll(Unknown Source)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleBase.executeBase(RuleBase.java:191)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.Rule.execute(Rule.java:85)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:144)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:338)
...

Here's my welcome.jsp

<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/includes.jsp" %>
<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/header.jsp" %>

<img src="<spring:url value="/static/images/pets.png" htmlEscape="true" />" align="right" style="position:relative;right:30px;">
<h2><fmt:message key="welcome"/></h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="<spring:url value="/owners/search" htmlEscape="true" />">Find owner</a></li>
  <li><a href="<spring:url value="/vets" htmlEscape="true" />">Display all veterinarians</a></li>
  <li><a href="<spring:url value="/static/html/tutorial.html" htmlEscape="true" />">Tutorial</a></li>
</ul>

<p> </p>
<p> </p>

<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/footer.jsp" %>

My include.jsp:

<%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="/WEB-INF/spring.tld" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>

My header.jsp:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="<spring:url value="/static/styles/petclinic.css" htmlEscape="true" />" type="text/css"/>
  <title>PetClinic :: a Spring Framework demonstration</title>	
</head>
<body>
  <div id="main"> </div>

I am really hoping to get this petclinic sample running and not to sit on it for days....after all it is a sample program that I am using for my learning curve...

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Many Sincere Thanks...

[Christophe Verré]

Are you following a tutorial ? I may not be able to help on that one. It looks like there might be problem with tuckey's urlrewriting configuration. Do you have a urlrewrite.xml file somewhere ? If so, what does it look like ?

[Mimi Tam]

Hi Chmristophe,

I don't have an urlrewrite.xml file. I am following the tutorial in https://src.springframework.org/svn/spring-samples/petclinic/ but haven't been able to make it run. I tried this simpler one sample https://src.springframework.org/svn/spring-samples/mvc-basic/ and encountering the same problems.

My "jdbc.properties" file does not exist Exception came back after I restarted Eclipse

I keep getting this error at runtime again when trying to run the Spring 3.0 petclinic or the mvc-basic sample project from within Eclipse:

"...
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Mar 18, 2010 10:09:19 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.18
Mar 18, 2010 10:09:20 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile
INFO: validateJarFile(C:\Eclipse\eclipse\workspace\.meta data\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtp webapps\org.springframework.samples.petclinic\WEB-INF\lib\com.springsource.javax.servlet-2.5.0.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class
Mar 18, 2010 10:09:20 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
2010-03-18 22:09:20,632 INFO [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] - <Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started>
2010-03-18 22:09:20,739 INFO [org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebAppl icationContext] - <Refreshing Root WebApplicationContext: startup date [Thu Mar 18 22:09:20 EDT 2010]; root of context hierarchy>
2010-03-18 22:09:20,888 INFO [org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader] - <Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-jdbc.xml]>
2010-03-18 22:09:21,085 INFO [org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader] - <Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-dataSource.xml]>
2010-03-18 22:09:21,547 INFO [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyP laceholderConfigurer] - <Loading properties file from class path resource [WEB-INF/classes/jdbc.properties]>
2010-03-18 22:09:21,550 INFO [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultL istableBeanFactory] - <Destroying singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultL istableBeanFactory@8a0544: defining beans [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyP laceholderConfigurer#0,dataSource,org.springframew ork.jdbc.datasource.init.DataSourceInitializer#0,t ransactionManager,org.springframework.context.anno tation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,or g.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutow iredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.contex t.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,o rg.springframework.context.annotation.internalComm onAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context. annotation.internalPersistenceAnnotationProcessor, org.springframework.aop.config.internalAutoProxyCr eator,org.springframework.transaction.annotation.A nnotationTransactionAttributeSource#0,org.springfr amework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterce ptor#0,org.springframework.transaction.config.inte rnalTransactionAdvisor,mbeanExporter,clinic,callMo nitor]; root of factory hierarchy>
[color=red][b]2010-03-18 22:09:21,552 ERROR [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] - <Context initialization failed>
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializati onException: Could not load properties; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [WEB-INF/classes/jdbc.properties] cannot be opened because it does not exist[/b][/color]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyR esourceConfigurer.postProcessBeanFactory(PropertyR esourceConfigurer.java:78)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(Abstr actApplicationContext.java:624)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(Abstr actApplicationContext.java:599)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.ja va:398)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.crea teWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:261)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.init WebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:192)
..."

In my applicationContext-DataSource.xml:

"... <contextroperty-placeholder location="[b][color=blue]classpath:WEB-INF/classes/jdbc.properties[/color][/b]"/>

<!-- DataSource configuration for Apache Commons DBCP. -->
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close"
p:driverClassName="${jdbc.driverClassName}" p:url="${jdbc.url}"
p:username="${jdbc.username}" password="${jdbc.password}"/>..."

I had tried my classpath to be:

- WEB-INF/jdbc.properties
- /WEB-INF/jdbc.properties
- WEB-INF/classes/jdbc.properties
- /WEB-INF/classes/jdbc.properties
- jdbc.properties
- /jdbc.properties

And, tried placing my jdbc.properties file under either WEB-INF or WEB-INF/classes, etc. Nothing worked. I got "file does not exist" everytime and in both sample projects.

Am I doing something atrociously wrong somewhere? How should my "classpath=" look like in the applicationContext.dataSource.xml file and where exactly should I put the properties file to have them found?

Many Thanks...

[Mimi Tam]

I do have urlrewrite.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE urlrewrite PUBLIC "-//tuckey.org//DTD UrlRewrite 3.0//EN" "http://tuckey.org/res/dtds/urlrewrite3.0.dtd">
<urlrewrite default-match-type="wildcard">
	<rule>
		<from>/images/</from>
		<to>/images/$1</to>
	</rule>
	<rule>
		<from>/scripts/</from>
		<to>/scripts/$1</to>
	</rule>
	<rule>
		<from>/styles/</from>
		<to>/styles/$1</to>
	</rule>
	<rule>
		<from>/</from>
		<to>/spring/$1</to>
	</rule>
	<outbound-rule>
		<from>/spring/</from>
		<to>/$1</to>
	</outbound-rule>
</urlrewrite> 

This gave me the error in the mvc-basic sample project:
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet default threw exception
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: No group 1

Could it be somehow complaining about the "$" sign? If so, how shall I fix it?

For the "file does not exist" problem, it happened in the petclinic project.

Many Thanks