Running and Testing Struts 2 Login application

Running Struts 2 Login Example
In this section we will run the example on Tomcat 6.0 server and check how it works.

Running Tomcat

To run the Tomcat, go to its bin directory and then double click on startup.bat. The startup.bat will start the tomcat.

Testing application

To test the application type http://localhost:8080/struts2tutorial/. Your browser should show the following screen:

Now click on "Login Application" link. Then your browser will display the Login page as shown below:

Now click on the "Login" button. Application will show the following error screen:

Now you enter the Login name "Admin" and click on the "Login" button, application will show the following error:

Now enter any password except "Admin", application will again show the error. This error is actually generated in the Action class.

Now enter the valid password "Admin" and click on "Login" button. Now the application will show you the welcome message as shown below.

Congratulation! Now you have successfully developed and tested your Struts 2 Login application. In the next section we will show you how to add client side Java Script validation using Struts 2 Validation framework.

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i am using tomcat6 as well as jdk1.6_07

and seriously, this does not work:(
and I really need to get this working!

I can get to http://localhost:8080/struts2tutorial/

but when i click on the link, it gievs me the no action mapped error :(

Posted by alan on Monday, 10.13.08 @ 11:34am | #81038

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@Chris,

Open your index.html file,which is in \webapps\struts2tutorial directory, with notepad and check if the format of the file is correct. If not then correct it and the application should work.

If it still doesn't work replace the contents in index.html file with the following (Note:copy this in notepad) and save:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>

</head>

<body>
<p>Loading ...</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="roseindia/showLogin.action">Login Application</a></li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

Make sure your tomcat is running. Build the application and open http://localhost:8080/struts2tutorial/

It should work!

Cheers
Jasmine

Posted by Jasmine on Tuesday, 04.22.08 @ 17:50pm | #57514

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I was wandering if the "short-circuit" in validation can work correctly,whether I set it "true" or "false",I get the same result.
Is this a BUG of Struts2.0,or I have done it in the wrong way?Hope somebody could be so kind to help me!!!

Posted by Jerry on Monday, 03.31.08 @ 07:18am | #54842

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I get following error. Using
Tomcat 6.0
JDK 1.6_04

There is no Action mapped for namespace /roseindia and action name showLogin. - [unknown location]

How do I resolve this problem?

Posted by Chris on Friday, 02.15.08 @ 03:23am | #48327

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