Hello there,

I am experiencing a BeanDefinitionStoreException when I try to invoke a web app that I built using Spring.

My environment:

-JDK 1.5
-Tomcat 5.5.9
-MyEclipse IDE plug-in
-Spring 1.2 Core Libraries (which comes bundled with MyEclipse)
-Spring 1.2 Web Libraries (which comes bundled in with MyEclipse; includes the spring-mvc.jar)
-OS X Tiger

Here's some of my code details:

My applicationContext.xml file (located under the src dir):

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd"> <beans>    <bean id="store" class="com.webshop.util.LineItems">       <property name="storeName">          <value>"Sunrise Schwinn"</value>       </property>    </bean>    <bean id="commandLineView" class="com.webshop.view.CommandLineView">       <property name="store">          <ref bean="store"/>       </property>    </bean> </beans>

My webShop-Servlet.xml file (located under WEB-INF ):

Code:

<beans>    <bean id="store" class="com.webshop.util.LineItems">       <property name="storeName">          <value>Sunrise Schwinn</value>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="productsController" class="com.webshop.controller.ProductsController">       <property name="facade">          <ref bean="store"/>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="editProductController" class="com.webshop.controller.EditProductController">       <property name="facade">          <ref bean="store"/>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="submitProductController" class="com.webshop.controller.SubmitProductController">       <property name="facade">          <ref bean="store"/>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="urlMapping" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">       <property name="mappings">          <props>             <prop key="/products.products">productsController</prop>             <prop key="/editProduct.products">editProductController</prop>             <prop key="/newProduct.products">editProductController</prop>             <prop key="/submitProduct.products">submitProductController</prop>          </props>       </property>    </bean> </beans>

My web.xml file:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app version="2.4"    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">    <servlet>       <servlet-name>webShopApp</servlet-name>       <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>       <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>    </servlet>        <servlet-mapping>       <servlet-name>webShopApp</servlet-name>       <url-pattern>*.products</url-pattern>    </servlet-mapping> </web-app>

I use the exploded package option (hot deploy) when deploying the app. The MyEclipse plug-in gracefully places all the right jar files under /WEB-INF/lib.

Now, when I launch Firefox or Safari and point the browser to: http://localhost:8080/webshop

I receive this error message:

Code:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet webShopApp threw exception    org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)    org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)    org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)    org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)    org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)    java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613) root cause org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/webShopApp-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/webShopApp-servlet.xml]    org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:180)    org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:148)    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:129)    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:145)    org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:126)    org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:94)    org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:89)    org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:262)    org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:139)    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:306)    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:251)    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:220)    org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:112)    javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)    org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)    org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)    org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)    org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)    org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)    java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613) note

This error report is really annoying! :banghead:

Any suggestions, help, and tips are greatly appreciated!

Many, many thanks!

I made a mistake in the original posting:

It happens when I point it to http://localhost:8080/webshop/products.products

not

when I point it to http://localhost:8080/webshop (which I posted in the first message).

How can I edit mistakes that I made after post?

untz ,

You have chosen the name webShopApp for your servlet and webShop-Servlet.xml for your context file.
Rename webShop-Servlet.xml to webShopApp-servlet.xml.

Regards,
Snjeza

Snjeza:

Thank you for the response...

I tried your suggestion and it still doesn't work...

Received a new error message:

Code:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet webShopApp threw exception        org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)        org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)        org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)        org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)        org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)        org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)        org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)        java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)           root cause           org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Line 1 in XML document from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/webShopApp-servlet.xml] is invalid; nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Document root element "beans", must match DOCTYPE root "null".        org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:229)        org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:173)        org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:148)        org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:129)        org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:145)        org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:126)        org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:94)        org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:89)        org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:262)        org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:139)        org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:306)        org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:251)        org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:220)        org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:112)        javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)        org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)        org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)        org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)        org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)        org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)        org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)        org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)        java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)

I renamed webshop-Servlet.xml to webshopApp-servlet.xml and as you can see it threw this new error message of:

Code:

"org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException:  Line 1 in XML document from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/webShopApp-servlet.xml] is invalid;  nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Document root element "beans", must match DOCTYPE root "null"."

Inside the webShopApp-servlet.xml:

Code:

<beans>    <bean id="store" class="com.webshop.util.LineItems">       <property name="storeName">          <value>Sunrise Schwinn</value>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="productsController" class="com.webshop.controller.ProductsController">       <property name="facade">          <ref bean="store"/>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="editProductController" class="com.webshop.controller.EditProductController">       <property name="facade">          <ref bean="store"/>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="submitProductController" class="com.webshop.controller.SubmitProductController">       <property name="facade">          <ref bean="store"/>       </property>    </bean>        <bean id="urlMapping" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">       <property name="mappings">          <props>             <prop key="/products.products">productsController</prop>             <prop key="/editProduct.products">editProductController</prop>             <prop key="/newProduct.products">editProductController</prop>             <prop key="/submitProduct.products">submitProductController</prop>          </props>       </property>    </bean> </beans>

Does anyone know what's wrong?

untz,

Sorry, somebody made the mistake to close your post.
Please, add DOCTYPE declaration to xml file :

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">

Spring can't validate xml file without this declaration.

Regards,
Snjeza