error on bean:message and resource properties file ?
Hi everyone! I'm new to struts and i just can't figure out why tomcat's giving me an error. I've manage to run a simple example but when i use the bean:message tag i get this error
ERROR IS:
java.lang.NullPointerException
org.apache.struts.taglib.TagUtils.retrieveMessageResources(TagUtils.java:1175)
org.apache.struts.taglib.TagUtils.message(TagUtils.java:1038)
org.apache.struts.taglib.bean.MessageTag.doStartTag(MessageTag.java:224)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_bean_message_0(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:135)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_html_html_0(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:101)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:69)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:291)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
Can anyone help me with this problem?
my ApplicationResources.propeties file is in WEB-INF/classes
index.jsp
<%@ page language="java" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %>
<html:html locale="true">
<head>
<title> <bean:message key="index.title"/> </title>
</head>
<body>
<html:link module="/exercise" action="/welcome">Taglib Test Pages</html:link>
</body>
</html:html>
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>
<!-- Action Servlet Configuration -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
<!-- Resources bundle baseclass -->
<init-param>
<param-name>application</param-name>
<param-value>ApplicationResources</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- Context-relative path to the XML resource containing Struts configuration information -->
<init-param>
<param-name>config</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- The debugging detail levelforthis servlet, which controls how much information is logged. -->
<init-param>
<param-name>debug</param-name>
<param-value>2</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>detail</param-name>
<param-value>2</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- Action Servlet Mapping -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- The Welcome File List -->
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<!-- Struts Tag Library Descriptors -->
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
<!-- Application Tag Library Descriptor -->
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/app.tld</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/app.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
</web-app>
Please help..thanks in advance

