HTTP Status 404 in Struts2 web application

Question

Here is my set up:

Specs:

• Tomcat 7.0.55
• jdk1.8.0_11
• Eclipse Luna
• Win 8.1

I have a Dynamic Web Project set up in Eclipse titled "Struts2Test" with following structure. Note: I am highlighting only the folders and files relevant to this question.

Struts2Test (project name)
 - [Java Resources]
   - [src]
     - [com.struts2action] (package)
         - HelloWorldAction.java
   - [Libraries]
     - [Struts2] (user defined library)
         - antlr-2.7.2.jar
         - bsf-2.3.0.jar
         - commons-beanutils-1.8.0.jar
         - commons-chain-1.2.jar
         - commons-digester-1.8.jar
         - commons-fileupload-1.1.1.jar
         - commons-io-1.1.jar
         - commons-logging-1.0.4.jar
         - commons-validator-1.3.1.jar
         - jstl-1.0.2.jar
         - oro-2.0.8.jar
         - standard-1.0.6.jar
         - struts-core-1.3.10.jar
         - struts-el-1.3.10.jar
         - struts-extras-1.3.10.jar
         - struts-faces-1.3.10.jar
         - struts-mailreader-dao-1.3.10.jar
         - struts-scripting-1.3.10.jar
         - struts-taglib-1.3.10.jar
         - struts-tiles-1.3.10.jar
 - [Web Content]
   - [WEB-INF]
     - [classes]
         - struts.xml
     - web.xml
   - error.jsp
   - index.jsp
   - success.jsp

web.xml

            <?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>Struts2Test</display-name>

              <welcome-file-list>
                  <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
               </welcome-file-list>

               <filter>
                  <filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
                  <filter-class>
                     org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher
                  </filter-class>
               </filter>

               <filter-mapping>
                  <filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
                  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
               </filter-mapping>

            </web-app>

struts.xml

            <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
            <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
               "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
               "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">
            <struts>


               <package name="helloworld" extends="struts-default">

                    <!--  URL: hello  -->  
                  <action name="hello" 
                        class="com.struts2action.HelloWorldAction" 
                        method="execute">
                        <result name="success">/success.jsp</result>
                        <result name="error">/error.jsp</result>
                  </action>
                  <!-- more actions can be listed here -->

               </package>
               <!-- more packages can be listed here -->

            </struts>

HelloWorldAction.java

    package com.struts2action;

    public class HelloWorldAction {

        public String execute() {
            System.out.println("HelloWorldAction - called");
            return "success";
        }
    }

I run and compile the program. I call the following:

http://localhost:8085/Struts2Test/hello.action

I keep getting the following error:

HTTP Status 404 - /Struts2Test/hello.action

type Status report message /Struts2Test/hello.action description The requested resource is not available.

Apache Tomcat/7.0.55

Could anyone please advise what the issue with my configuration is?

Answer 1

I've resolved my issue by removing the user-defined library and I added the jars directly to WEB-INF/classes folder. Please, note that the jars on the picture are different from the jars listed in my question. I am only starting to learn about Struts2 so I am not even sure whether I need all those jars in there. Either way, thanks you all for your help and feedback.