I am following answer posted here. OGNL and wildcards working in tiles definitions with struts2-tiles-plugin?
If you know the answer, would apprecite if you tell me how to use freemarker with it. If don't even than I accept the answer if you solve my problem to make the code work.
Everything is same but
Struts2 & Tiles plugin - 2.3.4.1 pom.xml
1.6 UTF-8 3.1.2.RELEASE 2.3.4.1 1.6.6 2.2.2
<!-- Start Extras --> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.10</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <!-- End Extras --> <!-- Start sl4j dependencies --> <dependency> <groupId>log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>1.2.17</version> </dependency> <!-- End sl4j dependencies --> <!-- Start Struts2 dependencies --> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId> <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId> <version>${struts2.version}</version> </dependency> <!-- End struts2 dependencies --> <!-- Start Tiles dependencies --> <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId> <version>${slf4j.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId> <artifactId>struts2-tiles-plugin</artifactId> <version>${struts2.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-core</artifactId> <version>${tiles.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-extras</artifactId> <version>${tiles.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-servlet</artifactId> <version>${tiles.version}</version> </dependency> <!-- End Tiles dependencies --> ERROR
Oct 29, 2012 9:51:19 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesListener java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.tiles.el.JspExpressionFactoryFactory.getExpressionFactory(JspExpressionFactoryFactory.java:61) at org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesContainerFactory.createELEvaluator(CompleteAutoloadTilesContainerFactory.java:268) at org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesContainerFactory.createAttributeEvaluatorFactory(CompleteAutoloadTilesContainerFactory.java:204) at org.apache.tiles.factory.BasicTilesContainerFactory.createContainer(BasicTilesContainerFactory.java:106) at org.apache.tiles.startup.AbstractTilesInitializer.createContainer(AbstractTilesInitializer.java:124) at org.apache.tiles.startup.AbstractTilesInitializer.initialize(AbstractTilesInitializer.java:70) at org.apache.tiles.web.startup.AbstractTilesListener.contextInitialized(AbstractTilesListener.java:62) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4791) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) Oct 29, 2012 9:51:19 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error listenerStart Oct 29, 2012 9:51:19 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Context [/2_Sruts2_Tiles_JSP] startup failed due to previous errors pom dependencies
Web.xml
<listener> <listener-class>org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesListener</listener-class> </listener> <filter> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> EDITED VERSION :
POM.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.myapp</groupId> <artifactId>Struts2_Old_Tiles_JSP_Freemarker</artifactId> <packaging>war</packaging> <version>1.0</version> <name>Struts2_Old_Tiles_JSP_Freemarker WebApp</name> <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> <properties> <java.version>1.6</java.version> <endorsed.dir>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorsed.dir> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <netbeans.hint.deploy.server>gfv3ee6</netbeans.hint.deploy.server> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId> <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId> <version>2.3.1.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId> <artifactId>struts2-tiles-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3.1.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-api</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-core</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-extras</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-jsp</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-ognl</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-servlet</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId> <version>1.6.4</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId> <version>1.6.4</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>1.2.14</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId> <artifactId>tiles-freemarker</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <finalName>Struts2_Old_Tiles_JSP_Freemarker</finalName> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5.1</version> <configuration> <source>${java.version}</source> <target>${java.version}</target> <compilerArguments> <endorseddirs>${endorsed.dir}</endorseddirs> </compilerArguments> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1.1</version> <configuration> <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project> struts.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.3//EN" "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.3.dtd"> <struts> <constant name="struts.devMode" value="true"/> <constant name="struts.ui.theme" value="simple"/> <constant name="struts.enable.SlashesInActionNames" value="true"/> <constant name="struts.mapper.alwaysSelectFullNamespace" value="false"/> <package name="basicstruts2" namespace="/" extends="tiles-default"> <result-types> <result-type name="tiles" default="true" class="org.apache.struts2.views.tiles.TilesResult"/> </result-types> <action name="/**" class="com.kenmcwilliams.tiles.action.Test"> <result>{1}</result> </action> </package> </struts> web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"> <listener> <listener-class>org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesListener</listener-class> </listener> <filter> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> </web-app> tiles.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration 2.1//EN" "http://tiles.apache.org/dtds/tiles-config_2_1.dtd"> <tiles-definitions> <definition name="baseLayout" template="/WEB-INF/content/tiles/template.jsp"> <put-attribute name="title" value="Default Title"/> <put-attribute name="header" value="/WEB-INF/content/tiles/header.jsp"/> <put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/content/tiles/body.jsp"/> <put-attribute name="footer" value="/WEB-INF/content/tiles/footer.jsp"/> <put-attribute name="variable" expression="OGNL:greeting"/> </definition> <definition name="test" extends="baseLayout"> <put-attribute name="title" value="Test Title"/> </definition> <definition name="WILDCARD:package/*" extends="baseLayout"> <put-attribute name="title" value="{1}" type="string"/> <put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/content/tiles/test.ftl"/> </definition> <definition name="" extends="baseLayout"> </definition> </tiles-definitions> Conclusion
if you use it with Glassfish as tested with the code is working fine BUT
After alot of testing and checking, the problem is with embedded tomcat7 instance which is not working with the above web.xml configuration and genertating error. Below is the pom.xml plugin that if run tomcat7:run will generate the error. Not sure whats the problem.
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> <configuration> <port>8000</port> </configuration> </plugin>