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From: "Vincent Massol" <vmassol@octo.com>
To: "'Cactus Users List'" <cactus-user@jakarta.apache.org>,
        <sam@neurogrid.com>
Subject: RE: Problem with ServletInit and testSetAttribute in tests_tomcat_40
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 08:31:38 +0100
Organization: OCTO Technology
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Sam,

Let's start again from the beginning ignoring everything we said in our
previous email. The sample application is really very simple to get
started with.

Let's start with some questions :

1/ Do you have Ant installed ? Have you downloaded the prepackaged Ant
install from the Cactus web site ?
2/ Have you downloaded Tomcat and unzipped it in a directory ? (no need
to configure anything at all) ?
3/ What have you downloaded from Cactus web site (exact name of file) ?
4/ Have you unzipped it in a directory, let's say [CACTUS] ?
5/ Have you created a [CACTUS]/build/build.properties (by copying and
editing [CACTUS]/build/build.properties.sample ?

If answer to 3/ is yes, then you have finished. The only thing to do is
to open a dos prompt, cd to [CACTUS]/build and type "ant tests_all"

Thanks
-Vincent

BTW, this is what is on
http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/howto_sample.html. This is the only
information to read if you just want to run the Sample application
without understanding how it works.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Joseph [mailto:gaijin@yha.att.ne.jp]
> Sent: 21 April 2002 05:43
> To: Cactus Users List
> Cc: sam@neurogrid.com
> Subject: Re: Problem with ServletInit and testSetAttribute in
> tests_tomcat_40
> 
> Vincent Massol wrote:
> 
> >Sam,
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Sam Joseph [mailto:gaijin@yha.att.ne.jp]
> >>Sent: 20 April 2002 14:16
> >>To: Vincent Massol; cactus
> >>Subject: Re: Problem with ServletInit and testSetAttribute in
> >>tests_tomcat_40
> >>
> >>Vincent Massol wrote:
> >>
> >>>Sam,
> >>>
> >>>I think you should better read both :
> >>>
> >>>-
E:\Dev\jakarta-cactus\documentation\dist\doc\getting_started.html,
> >>>which explains how Cactus tests are packaged
> >>>
> >>>and
> >>>
> >>>- E:\Dev\jakarta-cactus\documentation\dist\doc\howto_config.html
> >>>
> >which
> >
> >>>explains how to configure your application web.xml.
> >>>
> >>>:-)
> >>>
> >>>Then, come back here and ask your question if something was not
clear
> >>>
> >>>from the documentation.
> >>
> >>Well I've reread the documentation for the 3rd time but still feel
no
> >>wiser.
> >>
> >
> >Oops. :-(. Actually that's quite interesting as you could help us
make
> >it more clear ... :-)
> >
> I'd love to help you.
> 
> >
> >
> >>In the first instance I am confused why I should need to edit the
> >>web.xml files in a sample that comes prepackaged with cactus.
> >>
> >
> >Answer is no you don't need to edit anything. Can you tell me where
does
> >it say you need to do this ?
> >
> It doesn't.  I assumed that I needed to because in response to my
query
> about running the sample application you told me to re-read the files
> that told me how to edit my web.xml.  Since you were answering my
> question about how to solve an error occuring from the sample
> application, I assumed that when you told me to read a document that
> would describe how to edit my web.xml file, that I needed to edit my
> web.xml file.
> 
> >If you want to run the samples then simply
> >read the Samples Howto on the web site
> >(E:\Dev\jakarta-cactus\documentation\dist\doc\howto_sample.html).
> >
> Yes, I've also read this several times.  I have only ever been trying
to
> run the sample
> 
> >>I mean
> >>surely the sample is a fixed thing, why do I need to reconfigure the
> >>web.xml regarding information that is intrinsic to the existing
> >>
> >sample?
> >
> the sample application that you gusy provide for testing cactus.
> 
> >
> >>Why can't it just be configured already?
> >>
> >it is.
> >
> Jolly good.  Then I am confused as to why you recommended me to read a
> document about reconfiguring my web.xml in order to fix an error
arising
> from me trying to run your sample application.
> 
> >You're mixing 2 things :
> >- the preconfigured sample for which you don't need to touch anything
> >apart from editing its build.properties file
> >- the way to configure cactus for your own webapp.
> >
> okay, so I don't have my own webapp at the moment, as I hope is
becoming
> clear
> 
> >In any case, there is only one web.xml that is important, it is the
one
> >you're using to run your application. The sample application is a
full
> >fledged application and it is why there are 2 web.xml : one that is
the
> >one without the tests, when you want to deliver your application and
one
> >for testing (i.e. the one that includes Cactus mappings).
> >
> >Feel free to send some documentation patches to improve the Web site
> >documentation for places when you think it is not clear.
> >
> I will hope to do so, once I understand why the sample application is
> not working.
> 
> >><snip>error</snip>
> >>
> >
> >I don't see anything related to Cactus in this startup error. Maybe
you
> >should post to the Tomcat mailing list because I think you've got
> >something wrong in your Tomcat web.xml. The easiest way to solve it
is
> >to re-download Tomcat and unzip it (that's all it needs).
> >
> no this error is not related to cactus.  I added it as an example of
the
> errors I was getting when I tried to edit the sample application
web.xml
> file, which from your first email is what I thought you wanted me to
do.
> 
> I think I would like to clear at least one thing up, which is this.
> 
> Do I need to place the sample application in my tomcat webapps
> directory, or am I supposed to place it my cactus root directory, or
> somewhere completely separate.  This would appear to be unclear from
the
> sample howto document:
> 
> http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/howto_sample.html
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> CHEERS> SAM
> 
> 
> 
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