websphere : AppDeploymentException: []

[yegappan ramaiah]

hi,
i am trying to install my application into websphere 5.0 application server and i get the following error message, can anyone help.... thanx in advance
AppDeploymentException: []
com.ibm.etools.archive.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadException: WEB-INF/web.xml
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.client.AppInstallHelper.getModuleConfig(AppInstallHelper.java:266)
at com.ibm.websphere.management.application.client.ArchiveDeploymentInfo.createModuleConfig(ArchiveDeploymentInfo.java:116)
at com.ibm.websphere.management.application.client.AppDeploymentInfo.getModuleConfig(AppDeploymentInfo.java:214)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.client.DefaultBindingHelper.getDefaultBindingInfo(DefaultBindingHelper.java:177)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.client.DefaultBindingHelper.getDefaultBindingInfo(DefaultBindingHelper.java:90)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.client.DefaultBindingHelper.getDefaultBindingInfo(DefaultBindingHelper.java:82)
at com.ibm.ws.console.appmanagement.action.UploadAction.formUpload(UploadAction.java:191)
at com.ibm.ws.console.appmanagement.action.UploadAction.perform(UploadAction.java:99)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.processActionPerform(ActionServlet.java:1791)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1586)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:510)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:258)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:872)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:491)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:173)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:79)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:199)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:71)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:182)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:331)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:56)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:432)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:343)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:592)

[Joe Gilvary]

The deployment descriptor is not loading correctly. I did a quick search on
Google and found another case like yours. Websphere wants to use a different
DTD when parsing the web.xml file.
Does your web.xml point to http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_3.dtd?
Load that and you'll get a message from sun:

The file named http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_3.dtd
has been renamed to http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd
in the most current version of the specification.
Please update your application to use the new name.

Check the thread at http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?thread=480604&forum=331&message=2239379
and see if that matches up with what you've seen in your app.
HTH,
Joe

[yegappan ramaiah]

hi joe,
thanx a lot, i almost got there