Tiles 3 & Struts 2 Error - struts2

Question

I was trying to use Struts 2 & Tiles 3 according to this link.
However as soon as I add the listener-class on my web.xml:
<listener>
<listener-class>org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesListener</listener-class>
</listener>
I had the following error while uploading on my glassfish server:
Error occurred during deployment: Exception while loading the app :
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframewor
/core/io/support/ResourcePatternResolver. Please see server.log for
more details.
The error message was:
[#|2012-12-23T18:36:10.982+0800|SEVERE|glassfish3.1.2|javax.enterprise.system.tools.admin.org.glassfish.deployment.admin|_ThreadID=22;_ThreadName=Thread-4;|Exception
while invoking class com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication start
method java.lang.Exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException:
ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/springframework/core/io/support/ResourcePatternResolver at
com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication.start(WebApplication.java:138)
at org.glassfish.internal.data.EngineRef.start(EngineRef.java:130)
at org.glassfish.internal.data.ModuleInfo.start(ModuleInfo.java:269)
at
org.glassfish.internal.data.ApplicationInfo.start(ApplicationInfo.java:301)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:461)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:240)
at
org.glassfish.deployment.admin.DeployCommand.execute(DeployCommand.java:389)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$1.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:348)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:363)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1085)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.access$1200(CommandRunnerImpl.java:95)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1291)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1259)
at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.ResourceUtil.runCommand(ResourceUtil.java:214)
at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.ResourceUtil.runCommand(ResourceUtil.java:207)
at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.resources.TemplateListOfResource.createResource(TemplateListOfResource.java:148)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at
com.sun.jersey.spi.container.JavaMethodInvokerFactory$1.invoke(JavaMethodInvokerFactory.java:60)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider$ResponseOutInvoker._dispatch(AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider.java:205)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:288)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.SubLocatorRule.accept(SubLocatorRule.java:134)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.SubLocatorRule.accept(SubLocatorRule.java:134)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1469)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1400)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1349)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1339)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.container.grizzly.GrizzlyContainer._service(GrizzlyContainer.java:182)
at
com.sun.jersey.server.impl.container.grizzly.GrizzlyContainer.service(GrizzlyContainer.java:147)
at
org.glassfish.admin.rest.adapter.RestAdapter.service(RestAdapter.java:148)
at
com.sun.grizzly.tcp.http11.GrizzlyAdapter.service(GrizzlyAdapter.java:179)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.HK2Dispatcher.dispath(HK2Dispatcher.java:117)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$Hk2DispatcherCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:354)
at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
at
com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
at
com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
at
com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
at
com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
at
com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
at
com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71) at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
at
com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) |#]
It seemed to be loooking for something in Spring Framework, but I'm using Struts2 + Tiles 3.
Am I missing anything?
Here's my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
<display-name>SongLyricsSystemv1</display-name>
<filter>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
<param-name>insertAttribute</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/tiles.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file>
<welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
tiles.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://tiles.apache.org/dtds/tiles-config_2_0.dtd">
<tiles-definitions>
<definition name="baseLayout" template="WebContent/BaseLayout.jsp">
<put-attribute name="menu" value="WebContent/Menu.jsp" />
</definition>
<definition name="/welcome.tiles" extends="baseLayout">
<put-attribute name="title" value="Welcome" />
<put-attribute name="body" value="WebContent/Welcome.jsp" />
</definition>
<definition name="/customer.tiles" extends="baseLayout">
<put-attribute name="title" value="Customer Form" />
<put-attribute name="body" value="WebContent/Customer.jsp" />
</definition>
<definition name="/customer.success.tiles" extends="baseLayout">
<put-attribute name="title" value="Customer Added" />
<put-attribute name="body" value="WebContent/SuccessCustomer.jsp" />
</definition>
</tiles-definitions>
Struts.xml:
<struts>
<package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default">
<result-types>
<result-type name="tiles" class="org.apache.struts2.views.tiles.TilesResult" />
</result-types>
<action name="login"
class="com.java.actions.LoginAction">
<result name="success" type="tiles">/welcome.tiles</result>
<result name="error">Login.jsp</result>
</action>
<action name="customer"
class="com.java.actions.CustomerAction">
<result name="success" type="tiles">/customer.success.tiles</result>
<result name="input" type="tiles">/customer.tiles</result>
</action>
<action name="customer-form">
<result name="success" type="tiles">/customer.tiles</result>
</action>
</package>
</struts>
My list of jar files:
antlr-2.7.2.jar
classworlds-1.1.jar
commons-beanutils-1.8.0.jar
commons-chain-1.2.jar
commons-collections-3.1.jar
commons-digester-2.0.jar
commons-fileupload-1.2.2.jar
commons-io-2.0.1.jar
commons-lang-2.4.jar
commons-lang3-3.1.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
commons-logging-api-1.1.jar
commons-validator-1.3.1.jar
freemarker-2.3.19.jar
javassist-3.11.0.GA.jar
javax.servlet-api.jar
javax.servlet.jsp-api.jar
jcl-over-slf4j-1.7.2.jar
jul-to-slf4j-1.7.2.jar
log4j-over-slf4j-1.7.2.jar
mvel2-2.1.3.jar
ognl-3.0.5.jar
oro-2.0.8.jar
oval-1.31.jar
sitemesh-2.4.2.jar
slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar
slf4j-ext-1.7.2.jar
slf4j-jcl-1.7.2.jar
slf4j-jdk14-1.7.2.jar
slf4j-log4j12-1.7.2.jar
slf4j-migrator-1.7.2.jar
slf4j-nop-1.7.2.jar
slf4j-simple-1.7.2.jar
struts2-core-2.3.7.jar
struts2-tiles-plugin-2.3.7.jar
tiles-api-3.0.1.jar
tiles-autotag-core-runtime-1.1.0.jar
tiles-compat-3.0.1.jar
tiles-core-3.0.1.jar
tiles-el-3.0.1.jar
tiles-extras-3.0.1.jar
tiles-freemarker-3.0.1.jar
tiles-jsp-3.0.1.jar
tiles-mvel-3.0.1.jar
tiles-ognl-3.0.1.jar
tiles-request-api-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-freemarker-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-jsp-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-mustache-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-servlet-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-servlet-wildcard-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-velocity-1.0.1.jar tiles-servlet-3.0.1.jar
tiles-template-3.0.1.jar
tiles-velocity-3.0.1.jar
velocity-1.6.3.jar
xstream-1.4.2.jar
xwork-core-2.3.7.jar
Is there anything I am still missing?

Answer 1

These are the jars that are deployed with a working struts2 tiles3 integration (same as the link you pointed to):
aopalliance-1.0.jar
asm-3.3.jar
asm-commons-3.3.jar
asm-tree-3.3.jar
builder-0.6.2.jar
commons-beanutils-1.8.0.jar
commons-collections-3.2.jar
commons-digester-2.0.jar
commons-fileupload-1.2.2.jar
commons-io-2.0.1.jar
commons-lang3-3.1.jar
commons-lang-2.4.jar
core-0.6.2.jar
freemarker-2.3.19.jar
guava-r09.jar
jackson-core-asl-1.5.2.jar
jackson-mapper-asl-1.5.2.jar
javassist-3.11.0.GA.jar
jcl-over-slf4j-1.5.8.jar
mvel2-2.0.11.jar
ognl-3.0.5.jar
oro-2.0.8.jar
slf4j-api-1.5.8.jar
slf4j-jdk14-1.5.8.jar
spring-beans-2.5.6.jar
spring-context-2.5.6.jar
spring-core-2.5.6.jar
spring-web-2.5.6.jar
struts2-convention-plugin-2.3.4.1.jar
struts2-core-2.3.4.1.jar
tiles-api-3.0.1.jar
tiles-autotag-core-runtime-1.1.0.jar
tiles-compat-3.0.1.jar
tiles-core-3.0.1.jar
tiles-el-3.0.1.jar
tiles-extras-3.0.1.jar
tiles-freemarker-3.0.1.jar
tiles-jsp-3.0.1.jar
tiles-mvel-3.0.1.jar
tiles-ognl-3.0.1.jar
tiles-request-api-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-freemarker-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-jsp-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-mustache-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-servlet-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-servlet-wildcard-1.0.1.jar
tiles-request-velocity-1.0.1.jar
tiles-servlet-3.0.1.jar
tiles-template-3.0.1.jar
tiles-velocity-3.0.1.jar
velocity-1.6.2.jar
velocity-tools-2.0.jar
xwork-core-2.3.4.1.jar
I would strongly recommend you use maven for the build here is a complete pom.xml:
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
4.0.0
<groupId>com.quaternion</groupId>
<artifactId>Struts2_Tiles3_Integration</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>Struts2_Tiles3_Integration</name>
<properties>
<endorsed.dir>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorsed.dir>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-convention-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.4.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-extras</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
<version>6.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
<compilerArguments>
<endorseddirs>${endorsed.dir}</endorseddirs>
</compilerArguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${endorsed.dir}</outputDirectory>
<silent>true</silent>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-endorsed-api</artifactId>
<version>6.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

Answer 2

I wrote a tutorial that might be helpful here: http://www.nabisoft.com/tutorials/struts2/maven-struts-2-enterprise-application-based-on-java-ee-7-and-glassfish-4
It tells you how to use Struts 2 with Tiles 3 and Maven on Glassfish 4. You can just download a working example (maven project) and use the IDE of your choice, i.e. NetBeans or Eclipse. I hope this helps others. Make sure to configure your JDBC resource as described in the tutorial because the example also uses JPA. Spring is not coverd/used in my tutorial.