Struts AND Spring MVC

[Maxence]

Hi!

I would like to know if it is possible to use Struts together with Spring MVC in the same project. In fact I have already done the web tier with Struts and I would like to use spring support classes for JasperReports (witch use spring mvc in all examples I could see).

[Kees de Kooter]

Yes it is.

[Maxence]

Ok, so now I would like to know where is done the redirection to Spring MVC or Struts. Is it in the web.xml with, for example, two servlets :
- one for struts : action
- one for spring : springaction

<web-app>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListe ner
</listener-class>
</listener>

<servlet>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet>
<servlet-name>springaction</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherSe rvlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>springaction</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

Am i right?

[Kees de Kooter]

Yes you are right!

[Maxence]

Thank you for your answer.
I get an error when I try to access a .htm page:

Error 500--Internal Server Error

java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name views, locale fr

in the spring controller, I return new ModelAndView("/test.htm") with test.htm placed in the webroot directory...

Any idea?

[Cowboy Bob]

Thank you for your answer.
I get an error when I try to access a .htm page:

Error 500--Internal Server Error

java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name views, locale fr

in the spring controller, I return new ModelAndView("/test.htm") with test.htm placed in the webroot directory...

Any idea?

So do you have a views.properties file or not?

[Maxence]

No, i don't have any views.properties file. Must I create one?

However, i did like in a tutorial (http://www.springframework.org/docs/...ep-Part-1.html) where the next view's path is hardcoded :
"return new ModelAndView("hello.jsp");"

[Cowboy Bob]

No, i don't have any views.properties file. Must I create one?

However, i did like in a tutorial (http://www.springframework.org/docs/...ep-Part-1.html) where the next view's path is hardcoded :
"return new ModelAndView("hello.jsp");"

I think you're misunderstanding the exception. The MissingResourceException means that you have probably declared a message properties file somewhere in your Spring configuration file with the name "views". Probably something like this:-

<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
    <property name="basenames">
        <list>
            <value>views</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

Spring is expecting to find a text resources file called views.properties (or, since your locale is FR, views_fr.properties) that holds your internationalisation keys and text.

[Maxence]

Thank you Cowboy bob (and the others) for your answers, my problem is solved.

[Franklin Antony]

Thank you Cowboy bob (and the others) for your answers, my problem is solved.

Maxence, the reason to use SpringMVC was only for the reports?? Did you gain any other benefit form SpringMVC and having worked in both could you elaborate on you eperience???

Thanks,
Franklin.