How to set Welcome file with struts tiles?

First of all, you can't!    It is not struts related, but the welcome file HAS to be a "real" file ..  i.e. html or jsp, it can't be a servlet.

The typical solution is to use index.jsp as the welcome file as:
----------------------------------------------------------------
<%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-logic" prefix="logic" %>
<logic:redirect forward="welcome"/>
----------------------------------------------------------------

and then define "welcome" in your gloabl-forward section in struts-config.xml

If the container follows servlet spec 2.4 (or newer) then it can be a servlet.

nice to know!  ;-)

Hello!

I think I got it right, but could I elminate the start.jsp in the following example and just go to tiles.index directly???

Now I did like I guess you said:

web.xml:
  <!-- The Usual Welcome File List -->
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>pages/start.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>

start.jsp:
<%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-logic" prefix="logic" %>
<logic:redirect forward="start"/>

struts-config.xml: (global-forwards)
    <global-forwards>
        <!-- Default forward to "Welcome" action -->
        <!-- Demonstrates using index.jsp to forward -->
        <forward
            name="start"
            path="/start.do"/>
    </global-forwards>

struts-config.xml: (action-mappings)
    <action path="/start" forward="tiles.index"/>

tiles-defs.xml
    <definition name="tiles.index" page="/tiles/template.jsp">
      <put name="header" value="/tiles/header.html" />
      <put name="body" value="/tiles/index.jsp" />
      <put name="footer" value="/tiles/footer.html" />
    </definition>

Do you see if it is possible to eliminate the start.jsp and map the welcome-file-list direct to tiles.index???

Best regards
Fredrik

as Arne wrote, ONLY with servlet spec 2.4 (or newer)

which probably requires:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4">
      ...
</web-app>

Hello!

Hmm okey, let see. If I'm right my orion 2.0.5 should support servlet spec 2.4.

But if I try:
web.xml:
  <!-- The Usual Welcome File List -->
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>start.do</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>


struts-config.xml: (global-forwards)
    <global-forwards>
        <!-- Default forward to "Welcome" action -->
        <!-- Demonstrates using index.jsp to forward -->
        <forward
            name="start"
            path="/start.do"/>
    </global-forwards>

struts-config.xml: (action-mappings)
    <action path="/start" forward="tiles.index"/>

...It does not work
do you guys see anything silly about the above?

To arne do you mean that

...sorry arne to quick on the sen button...
To arne: do you mean that the xmlns:... should be added to the web-app tag in the web.xml file?

Best regards
Fredrik

yes

I do not know Orion but at least Tomcat treats the web app based on the
servlet spec version in the web.xml

Hello!

Thanks for all help, but it looks like my orion does not responds well to the xmlns-attrubute.

I received:
Error loading web-app 'website' at D:\Fredrik\orion_kurser\applications\website\website: Unknown assembly root-tag attribute: xmlns
when i added this in my web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
  PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
  "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">

<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4">
  <display-name>Struts Blank Application</display-name>

Best regards
Fredrik

DTD 2.2 and Schema 2.4 in same web.xml does not sound rigth

Hello!
You got a point there!!

Hmm, but I tried a long shot changing the path for DTD to:
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_4.dtd
but it does not look like to be a valid path (page not found).

Best regards
Fredrik

no - they swicthed from DTD to Schema

try just the schema as I outlined it

Hello!

I tried:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!--<!DOCTYPE web-app
  PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
  "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">-->

<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4">
  <!--<web-app>-->

But I got the same error saying:
Unknown assembly root-tag attribute: xmlns

Best regards
Fredrik

either Orion does not support that

or it is not allowed with whitespace & comments there

Thanks for all help!

I have done no progress but I do think you both should split the points, so please give me an answer arne so I can reward you as well.

Best regards
Fredrik

:-)

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