[Jeff Smith]

The problem that I am having is the red X on the </web-app> tag on my web.xml file. I have spent quit a bit of time on the net searching for an answer and have been unsuccessful. I know that there has to be an extremely easy answer to this that I have not been able to find. I am new to this and am just trying to figure it out. Thanks in advance,
Jeff

The first error that I am receiving is:

“cvc-complex-type.2.3: Element ‘web-app’ cannot have character [children], because the type’s content type is element-only.”

<?xml version=”1.0″?>

<web-app xmlns=”http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee&#8221;
xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&#8221;
xsi:schemaLocation=”http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd&#8221;
version=”2.4″>

<display-name>Homework 2 Quiz</display-name>
– <welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

– <servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_1</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_1.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>

– <servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_1</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_1</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

</web-app>

The second issue that I am having is with the file configured as follows I get this error:
(different project but same issue)

The content of element type “web-app” must match “(icon?,display-name?,description?,distributable?,context-param*,filter*,filter-mapping*,
listener*,servlet*,servlet-mapping*,session-config?,mime-mapping*,welcome-file-list?,
error-page*,taglib*,resource-env-ref*,resource-ref*,security-constraint*,login-config?,
security-role*,env-entry*,ejb-ref*,ejb-local-ref*)”.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”ISO-8859-1″?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC “-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN”
“http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd”&gt;

<web-app>
<display-name>State Capitals Quiz</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_1</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_1.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_2</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_2.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_3</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_3.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_4</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_4.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_5</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_5.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_6</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_6.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_1</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_1</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_2</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_2</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_3</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_3</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_4</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_4</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_5</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_5</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_6</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_6</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

*** Date: Mon Feb 20 12:32:44 EST 2006

*** System properties:
OS=WindowsXP
OS version=5.1
Java version=1.5.0_06

*** MyEclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench

Version: 4.1.0 GA
Build id: 20060122-4.1-GA

*** Eclipse details:
Eclipse SDK

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Platform

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse RCP

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Java Development Tools

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse Project SDK

Version: 3.1.1
Build id: M20050929-0840

Eclipse startup command=-os
win32
-ws
win32
-arch
x86
-launcher
C:\JAVA\eclipse\eclipse.exe
-name
Eclipse
-showsplash
600
-exitdata
9d8_38
-vm
C:\JAVA\jdk1.5.0_06\bin\javaw.exe

This was a fresh install of both Eclipse and myEclipse

I am using JBOSS 4.0.3SP1

[Riyad Kalla]

Your web.xml file is invalid not only that, you pasted the header of two separate files, so I’m not sure which one is the problem.

Do me a favor, copy and paste the entire web.xml file that you are having trouble into a new message all by itself, then paste the error(s) into another message. I have a feeling this issue is as simple as you declaring a 2.4 web.xml file in a 2.3 project or visa versa (the difference is the 2.3 used the DTD and the 2.4 now uses the schema file, there were slight structure changes between the two but J2EE 1.3 uses 2.3 spec and J2EE 1.4 uses the 2.4 web spec, you might have mixed these up especially if you are straight copy-pasting from a tutorial into your project)

[Jeff Smith]

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”ISO-8859-1″?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC “-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN”
“http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd”&gt;

<web-app>
<display-name>State Capitals Quiz</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_1</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_1.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_2</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_2.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_3</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_3.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_4</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_4.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_5</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_5.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Question_6</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/Question_6.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_1</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_1</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_2</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_2</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_3</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_3</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_4</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_4</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_5</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_5</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Question_6</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Question_6</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

[Jeff Smith]

The content of element type “web-app” must match “(icon?,display-name?,description?,distributable?,context-param*,filter*,filter-mapping*,
listener*,servlet*,servlet-mapping*,session-config?,mime-mapping*,welcome-file-list?,error-page*,
taglib*,resource-env-ref*,resource-ref*,security-constraint*,login-config?,security-role*,env-entry*,
ejb-ref*,ejb-local-ref*)”.

[Riyad Kalla]

Ahh, welcome-file-list section needs to be at the end of your file. All much of gibberish as that error messages looks like, notice how “welcome-file-list?” comes after the “servlet*” and “servlet-mapping*” entries? Your xml file is out of order.

[Jeff Smith]

Thank you, while searching for an answer to this yesterday I came across a post at the sun site that said the same thing. I tried putting things in order and it didn’t fix the problem. Good news is that it has fixed it today. I hate being the newbie, it is always so full of problems.

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