doubt in error handling in web.xml file

Hi,

we have <error-page> atribute in web.xml file in file i have set up
<error-page>
<error-code>404></error-code>
<location>/pagenot found.jsp</location>
</error-page>

it works fine for when i get 404 error it directs me to this jsp.but i have one problem in the web.xml i have mapping like this

<servlet>
<servlet-name>action</servlet>
<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
<servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>action</servlet>
<servlet-class>*.jhtml</servlet-class>
<servlet-mapping>

in my browser when i call /i.jhtml where the file i.jhtml is not actually present it should display page not found.jsp file instead of this it displays a blank page on the browser. how can i solve this problem.

i think it is able to find valid mapping in *.jhtml web.xml specified above because of this reason it is displaying blank page instead of pagenotfound.jsp but if say like i.jtml then it displays pagenotfound.jsp but i want this page to be displayed even when i call i.jhtml wher the file i.jhtml is not existing. can any body help me in solving this issue.

Thanks
[ March 02, 2008: Message edited by: raja ram ]

Hi raja !!!

You are using the Struts framework.
In your webapp, all the requests with the extension ".jhtml" will be managed
by the struts's Controller (org.apache.struts.ActionServlet).

That Servlet looks for valid mappings not in web.xml, but in a file generally called struts-config.xml
If the mapping is not in the config'file, you will have a blank page.

When you are using Struts, the <error-page> won't get processed.
You need to specify the error page redirection in struts-config.xml
You can put it in <global-exceptions> in struts-config.xml
You could configure it for java.lang.Exception. The 404 - Page not found would also be handled.

Make sure your config'file configured in web.xml :

<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>

Hope it help.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply can any one please let me know how to use <global-exceptions> in struts-config.xml with some example code

Thanks

Originally posted by raja ram:
Hi,

Thanks for the reply can any one please let me know how to use <global-exceptions> in struts-config.xml with some example code

Thanks

In struts-config.xml, we declare <global-exceptions> in the following format:

Here we are declaring that any Action (or business logic) that throws the SystemException will be sent to systemError.jsp. We are associating the error.system.crash message string from our SystemResource file with this exception.