spring security samples + STS 2.8.0 + linux/mac

[pilpel]

Hi all,

I am trying to run spring security samples on STS 2.8.0 according to this thread:
http://rwinch.blogspot.com/2011/03/r...-tutorial.html
(I got support there, however, I think here is the right place for this thread.)

However, compiled project doesn't pass validation on MAC & Linux. detailed error massages:

under "markers" i get 26 xml errors selecting the first one, i get in the status bar:
Referenced file contains errors (http://www.springframework.org/schem...ontext-3.0.xsd). For more information, right click on the message in the Problems View and select "Show Details..."
in the details dialog i get:
The errors below were detected when validating the file "spring-context-3.0.xsd" via the file "contacts-servlet.xml". In most cases these errors can be detected by validating "spring-context-3.0.xsd" directly. However it is possible that errors will only occur when spring-context-3.0.xsd is validated in the context of contacts-servlet.xml.

in the description I get:
"The element type "xsd:schema: must be terminated by the matcing end-tag "</xsd:schema". [location - line 80]

file://****/git/spring-security/samples/contacts/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/contacts-servlet.xml

I started working on MAC and failed. Then I managed to compile everything on XP on which I can't really work. I move to Linux and failed again. I decided to start from a clean Linux system:
I prepared a fresh ubuntu 11.10 installation
removed Open JDK
Installed SUN SDK6 with JDK7 and glassfish3
fixed links and JAVA_HOME
installed STS 2.8.0.RELEASE
installed groovy eclipse extension
cloned spring security
run ./gradlew eclipse
imported projects from the git
... and got the same validation errors
trying to run as test gives "no test found" error.

I see two challenges the community is facing here:
1. providing exact details installation instructions with one can setup a working development environment (starting from scratch).
2. Producing informative error massages with which a developer with 20 years of experience will be able to solve problems by himself. (That is the hard one...)

[Rob Winch]

What happens if you ignore the error and try to start up the sample anyways? Please provide an exact error message.