[piampri]

Hello,

I created a build file for one of these applications which I build made up of simple jsps etc within the Struts framework. I build the file sucessfully using Ant no problems, but for some reason, I can only access the main page of the application. On clicking the search link, I get an error HTTP 404. I really really need someone’s help to figure this one out !!!

I made sure that the index.jsp and search.jsp files are outside of the “WEB-INF” directory so that they are directly accessible to the user. However, from the index.jsp file, there is a link to the “search.jsp” file. That link results in the error. For some reason, it does not appear to be seeing the second jsp page. I must be missing something

Here is the build file which I constructed :

<project name="MiniHR" basedir="." default="compile">
    <!-- ANT tasks -->
    
    <target name="init">
        <property name="app.name" value="MiniHR"/>
        <property name="description" value="MiniHR"/>
        <echo message="----------- ${description} ------------"/>
        
        <!-- System environment -->
        <property environment="env"/>
        <property name="java.home" value="${env.JAVA_HOME}"/>
        <property name="wl.home" value="${env.WL_HOME}"/>
        <property name="env.classpath" value="${env.CLASSPATH}"/>  
        
        <!--Application environment  -->
        
        <!--Eclipse project stuctures following the following topology:
        workspace\[workspace name]\[project name]\WebRoot
        
        NB.All files required by the application are stored within the Webroot 
        folder. -->
        <property name="webroot.dir" value="${basedir}/WebRoot"/>
        <property name="web-inf.dir" value="${webroot.dir}/WEB-INF"/>
        <property name="lib.dir" value="${web-inf.dir}/lib"/>
        
        <!--Source files are stored within the "WEB-INF subdirectory -->
        <property name="src.dir" value="${web-inf.dir}/src"/>
        
        <!-- app lib -->
        <property name="j2ee.lib" value="${env.WL_HOME}/server/lib"/>
        
                        <!-- app build -->
        <property name="build.dir" value="work"/>
        <property name="build.ear" value="${build.dir}/ear"/>
        <property name="build.webinf" value="${webroot.dir}/WEB-INF"/>
        <property name="build.classes" value="${build.webinf}/classes"/>
        <property name="build.lib" value="${build.dir}/lib"/>
        <property name="build.war" value="${app.name}.war"/>
        
                        <!-- app dist (distribution) -->
        <property name="dist.ear" value="${app.name}WAS.ear"/>
        
                        <!-- deploy -->
        <property name="deploy.dir" value="{$main}/deploy"/>
        
                        <!--jspcompilationoutput -->
        <property name="build.jspcompilationoutput" value="${build.dir}/jspcompilationoutput"/>
        
                        <!-- ClassPath -->
        <path id="classes.path.compile">
            <pathelement location="${j2ee.lib}/weblogic.jar"/>
            <fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
                <include name="commons-beanutils.jar"/>
                <include name="commons-collections.jar"/>
                <include name="commons-digester.jar"/>
                <include name="commons-fileupload.jar"/>
                <include name="commons-lang.jar"/>
                <include name="commons-logging.jar"/>
                <include name="commons-validator.jar"/>
                <include name="jakarta-oro.jar"/>
                <include name="struts-legacy.jar"/>
                <include name="struts.jar"/>
            </fileset>
            <pathelement path="${build.classes}"/>
        </path>
        <patternset id="sources.jsp.path">
            <include name="**/*.jsp"/>
        </patternset>
        <patternset id="sources.path">
            <include name="**/*.java"/>
        </patternset>
        <echo message="-----------Init task complete------------"/>
    </target>
    
    <!--
    =================================================================================
    Cleanup tasks.
    =================================================================================
    -->
    <target name="clean" depends="init">
        <delete dir="${build.dir}" failonerror="false"/>
        <delete file="${basedir}/${dist.ear}" failonerror="false"/>
        <echo message="-----------Clean task complete------------"/>
    </target>

    <target name="prepare" depends="init">
        <!-- Check timestamp on files -->
        <tstamp/>
        <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
        <mkdir dir="${build.ear}"/>
        <!--create output directory for jspcompilation -->
        <mkdir dir="${build.jspcompilationoutput}"/>
    </target>
    
     <!-- Copy any resource or configuration files -->
    <target name="resources">
        <delete dir="${build.classes}"/>
        <copy todir="${build.classes}">
            <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="**/*.properties"/>
        </copy>
        <copy todir="${build.classes}">
            <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="**/*.version"/>
        </copy>
    </target>
    
    
    <!--
    =================================================================================
    Compilation of classes.
    =================================================================================
    -->
    <target name="compile" depends="prepare, resources">
        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.classes}" debug="on" optimize="off" deprecation="off">
                <patternset refid="sources.path"/>
                <classpath refid="classes.path.compile"/>
        </javac>
    </target>
    
    
    <!--
    =================================================================================
    Building war file.
    =================================================================================
    -->
    <target name="build-war" depends="compile" description="Building WAR file">      
        <war warfile="${build.dir}/${build.war}" webxml="${build.webinf}/web.xml">
            <fileset dir="${webroot.dir}" includes="**/*.*" excludes="*.war, **/*.nbattrs, web.xml, **/WEB-INF/**/*.*, **/project-files/**/*.*"/>
            <webinf  dir="${web-inf.dir}"    includes="**/*" excludes="web.xml, **/*.jar, **/*.class"/>
                <lib     dir="${lib.dir}"/>
                <classes dir="${build.classes}"/>
                <classes dir="${src.dir}">
                   <include name="**/*.properties"/>                
                </classes>
        </war>    
        <echo message="-----Done--------"/>
    </target>
    
</project>

[Riyad Kalla]

What is the URL (in your browser) to your index.jsp page, and what is the URL in your browser when you click the link to search?

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