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| <title>The Struts Framework Project - Installation - iPortal Application Server</title> |
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| <section name="5.2 Installation" href="installation"/> |
| <section name="Installing Struts with your servlet container" href="Containers"> |
| <h4> |
| <a name="ipas13">iPortal Application Server 1.3</a> |
| </h4> |
| <strong>Tested with: Windows 2000</strong> |
| <h4>Important Note:</h4> |
| <p>At the moment, iPAS 1.3 is not fully compliant with the JSP 1.1/1.2 |
| specification. </p> |
| <p>Specifically, the automatic type conversions for custom tag parameters |
| specified in "Issue 7" of the JSP 1.1 Errata and in the JSP 1.2 Proposed |
| Final Draft have not yet been implemented.</p> |
| <p>As it stands, JSP pages that make use of Struts taglibs whose parameters |
| require conversion (such as booleans) will not compile under JRun. This |
| includes the Struts Example Application. Attempting to run the example |
| application will result in an exception similar to the following being |
| thrown:</p> |
| <pre> |
| /struts-example/index.jsp: |
| |
| Compilation failed [IT_Builder:1000] |
| at com.iona.j2ee.builder.JavaBuilder.build(JavaBuilder.java:84) |
| at com.iona.j2ee.builder.JspBuilder.build(JspBuilder.java:51) |
| at com.iona.j2ee.builder.WarBuilder.build(WarBuilder.java:111) |
| at com.iona.j2ee.builder.EarBuilder.build(EarBuilder.java:99) |
| at com.iona.j2ee.builder.EarBuilder.main(EarBuilder.java:223) |
| at iportal.build.main(build.java:14) |
| ocale(boolean) in org.apache.struts.taglib.html.HtmlTag |
| cannot be applied to (java.lang.String) |
| _x0.setLocale("true"); |
| ^ |
| 1 error |
| </pre> |
| <p>(For more details see refer to:<br/> |
| |
| <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/struts-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg01860.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/struts-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg01860.html</a> |
| ) |
| </p> |
| <p>The following instructions describe how to install the Struts Example |
| Application under iPAS 1.3. A subsequent section describes how the Struts |
| Example Application can be patched to work with Struts.</p> |
| <p>The following instructions assume the following:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>iPortal Application Server 1.3 has been installed.</li> |
| <li>Both the Strut and XML Parser libraries are in your classpath.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <h4>Installing the struts example application</h4> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Start iPAS Services by clicking on the [Start iPAS Services] menu item. </li> |
| <li>Start the iPortal Application Server by clicking on the [iPortal Application Server] menu item. </li> |
| <li>Start a command shell. Change to the <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA</code> and run the |
| setenvs.bat file.</li> |
| <li>Create a directory called jars.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Now run the EARSCO tool. Type <code>java iportal.earsco</code> and at the prompts do:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Next</li> |
| <li>Type in the application name of <code>struts-example</code> then click next.</li> |
| <li>In step three click the check box and enter the name of the |
| WAR <code>struts-example</code>.Then click next.</li> |
| <li>Click on Finish.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Now you must copy the contents of the struts-example war into the EARSCO |
| directory structure as follows: </p> |
| <p>Under <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples\src\struts-example.war</code> you |
| copy contents into the following directories: etc, lib, src and web.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Copy all files in the root directory <br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\struts-example\WEB-INF</code> |
| <br/> |
| into the earsco directory<br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples\src\struts-example.war\etc</code> |
| <br/> |
| Do not copy in the classes or lib directories.</li> |
| <li>Copy the directory <br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\struts-example\WEB-INF\lib</code> |
| <br/> |
| into the earsco directory<br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples\src\struts-example.war\lib</code> |
| </li> |
| <li>Copy the directory <br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\struts-example\WEB-INF\classes</code> |
| <br/> |
| into the earsco directory<br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples\src\struts-example.war\src</code> |
| <br/> |
| </li> |
| <li>Copy the directory <br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1\webapps\struts-example </code> |
| <br/> |
| into the earsco directory <br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples\src\struts-example.war\web</code> |
| <br/> |
| </li> |
| <li>Next modify the application.xml in the <br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples\etc</code> directory to this: </li> |
| </ul> |
| <pre> |
| <application> |
| |
| <!-- Add display name --> |
| <display-name>Struts Example</display-name> |
| ....... |
| </pre> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Last update the cc.xml in the <br/> |
| <code>$INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples directory as follows:</code> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <pre> |
| <configuration> |
| <web-app> |
| <context-root>struts-example</context-root> |
| </web-app> |
| </configuration> |
| </pre> |
| <p>Now you are ready to compile and deploy the struts-example.</p> |
| <p>To compile the source from the $INSTALLDIR\IONA\jars\struts-examples type </p> |
| <p> |
| <code>java iportal.build</code> |
| </p> |
| <p>Next, type</p> |
| <p> |
| <code>java iportal.deploy</code> |
| </p> |
| <p>The first time you deploy you will be prompted by a Deploy wizard and asked to |
| supply both locations of the struts-example.ear file and of the cc.xml file. |
| Once both elements have been satisfied continue until the finish button and |
| click it. The EAR file should deploy successfully.</p> |
| <p>Test the sample application by using the following URL in the browser:</p> |
| <p> |
| <code>http://hostname:9000/struts-example/index.jsp</code> |
| </p> |
| <p>The <code>struts-documentation.war</code> can be installed using the same procedure.</p> |
| <h4>Patching the struts example application</h4> |
| <p>As mentioned at the beginning of these notes, the Struts Example Application |
| will not run under iPAS 1.3 without modification. The following changes will |
| need to be made:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>index.jsp, logon.jsp: Change <html:html locale="true"> to <br/><html:html locale=<%= true %>></li> |
| <li>registration.jsp, subscription.jsp: Change all instances of filter="true" to <br/>filter=<%= true %></li> |
| </ul> |
| <hr/> |
| <p>Back to <a href="installation.html#Containers">Installation</a> |
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