newbie question

[annbc]

Hi everyone!
I am trying to integrate Acegi security into a web application using the Spring framework. The application runs fine initially. If I add a definition for the filterChainProxy in the Spring's applicationContext.xml, the application failed to be deployed properly, i. e., the application is no longer accessible with a Tomcat 404 status. Here is what i have tried to add in the xml file:

<bean id="filterChainProxy" class="net.sf.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy" >
<property name="filterInvocationDefinitionSource">
<value>
CONVERT_URL_TO_LOWERCASE_BEFORE_COMPARISON
PATTERN_TYPE_APACHE_ANT
</value>
</property>
</bean>

Pls corret me if I'm wrong, I think this piece of code does not depend on any other beans. I am trying to add it just to know if a simple Acegi bean definition would not cause errors. Unfortunately, it does. Can anyone help me out with this problem? Thanks in advance!
By the way, I have the Acegi 0.8.3

Ann

[jhazen]

What is the content of the 404? Tomcat isn't able to find some file. Knowing what that is should help considerably.

[annbc]

Tomcat reports that the requested resource, which is the web application, is not accessible. If i try to remove the Acegi bean definition, it is accessible. Is there something i'm missing here? Please help.

[jhazen]

My guess would be that there was some problem initializing your webapp's context and that it never deployed. Check the log files.

[annbc]

i've checked the log file, the application is deployed properly. i wonder why a simple bean definition makes it inaccessible. :?

[annbc]

pls disregard my previous post. yes, i think, there was a problem in deploying the application. This is what appears in the tomcat log file:

Sep 8, 2005 1:37:46 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Sep 8, 2005 1:37:46 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context startup failed due to previous errors