problem with the name attribute of form tag

I am very new to Struts..
In fact this is the first application i am trying to implement..
The exception that is being thrown is given below:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /index.jsp(8,0) Attribute name invalid for tag form according to TLD
org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:39)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:405)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:234)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.checkXmlAttributes(Validator.java:989)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:710)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1441)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2213)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2219)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:456)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validate(Validator.java:1489)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:157)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:267)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:255)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:556)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:296)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

Your help is appreciated..
Thank u in advance...

Amitav Anand

Shows us the code, this means nothing without context.

Source code of the following files are given below:

1. index.jsp

<%@ page language="java" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<html>
<head
<title>Struts Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<html:form action="Lookup" name="lookupForm" type="test.LookupForm">
<table width="80%" border=1>
<tr>
<td>
Symbol:</td>
<td><html:text property="symbol"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center".>
<html:submit/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</html:form>
</body>
</html>

2. LookupForm.java

package test;
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;
}
}

3. quote.jsp

<html>
<head>
<title>
Response View</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Current Price:</h1>
<%= request.getAttribute("PRICE") %>
</body>
</html>

4. LookupAction.java
package test;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

public class LookupAction extends Action{

protected Double getQuote(String symbol)
{
if(symbol.equalsIgnoreCase("SUNW"))
{
return new Double(25.00);

}
return null;
}
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,ActionForm form,HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)throws IOException,ServletException
{
Double price=null;
//Default target to success
String target=new String("success");
if(form!=null)
{
//Use the LookupFrom to get the request parameters
LookupForm lookupForm=(LookupForm)form;
String symbol=lookupForm.getSymbol();
price=getQuote(symbol);
}
if(price==null)
{
target=new String("failure");
}
else
{
request.setAttribute("PRICE",price);
}
//Forward to the appropriate View
return (mapping.findForward(target));
}
}

5. struts-config.xml

<?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>
<form-beans>
<form-bean name="lookupForm" type="test.LookupForm"/>
</form-beans>
<action-mappings>
<action path="/Lookup" type="test.LookupAction" name="lookupForm">
<forward name="success" path="/quote.jsp"/>
<forward name="failure" path="/index.jsp"/>
</action>
</action-mappings>
</struts-config>

6. web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">

<web-app>


<servlet>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<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>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>


<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>


<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>


<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
</web-app>

Will be waiting for your reply..

Thanks
Amitav Anand

Check here the form tag
http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/struts-html.html#form

it has no name and type attribute.

<html:form action="Lookup" name="lookupForm" type="test.LookupForm">

change the above to

<html:form action="Lookup.do" name="lookupForm" type="test.LookupForm">

you need to mention the pattern in the ation

tell me if this had helped you

I tried without using name and type attribute of form tag, but still its not working ...
The exception that is being thrown is given below:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot find ActionMappings or ActionFormBeans collection
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:845)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:778)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:83)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:325)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

root cause

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Cannot find ActionMappings or ActionFormBeans collection
org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.lookup(FormTag.java:741)
org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.doStartTag(FormTag.java:443)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_html_form_0(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:99)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:70)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:325)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

Thanks

Amitav Anand

Try to change
<html:form action="/Lookup">
[ September 27, 2005: Message edited by: David Ulicny ]

Dear Mr. srikanth singamsetty,
I changed the action attribute value from "Lookup" to "Lookup.do" in the form tag which is given below:
<html:form action="Lookup.do" name="lookupForm" type="test.LookupForm">

But still its throwing the following exception:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /index.jsp(8,0) Attribute name invalid for tag form according to TLD
org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:39)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:405)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:234)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.checkXmlAttributes(Validator.java:989)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:710)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1441)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2213)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2219)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:456)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validate(Validator.java:1489)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:157)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:267)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:255)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:556)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:296)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

I also tried using the following syntax as suggested by Mr David,but it didn't work...
<html:form action="/Lookup">
I mean it did throw the following exceptions:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot find ActionMappings or ActionFormBeans collection
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:845)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:778)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:83)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:325)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

root cause

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Cannot find ActionMappings or ActionFormBeans collection
org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.lookup(FormTag.java:741)
org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.doStartTag(FormTag.java:443)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_html_form_0(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:99)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:70)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:325)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

Please help me out ....

Thanks

Amitav Anand

Once again. form has no attributes name and type. Clear?

please try this ...

<html:form action="Lookup" name="lookupForm" type="test.LookupForm"> change to the below

final syntax is

<html:form action="/Lookup.do">

I suggest only /Lookup without do

you are trying to call the struts action .
and in the web.xml .the url pattern to go to struts action servlet is *.do, so you need to append .do in the action

*.do is only mapping for action servlet, actual path is taken from struts-config
There is no do.

<action path="/Lookup" type="test.LookupAction" name="lookupForm">

Dear Mr. David,
It seems u r right as far as the syntax is concerned.
I tried only using the action attribute with the value "/Lookup", but still the same exception is being thrown...

javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot find ActionMappings or ActionFormBeans collection
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:845)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:778)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:83)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:325)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

root cause

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Cannot find ActionMappings or ActionFormBeans collection
org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.lookup(FormTag.java:741)
org.apache.struts.taglib.html.FormTag.doStartTag(FormTag.java:443)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_html_form_0(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:99)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:70)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:325)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

I also tried using "/Lookup.do" as it was suggested by Mr. Srikanta.....

Do I need to change anything in the web.xml or struts-config.xml file?

Please help me out to overcome the problem.

Regds,
Amitav Anand

Did u try this??

<html:form action="/Lookup">