ResourceBundleViewResolver properties file

[frenk_castle]

Hi

I have been learning Spring from book Pro Spring 2.5 for some time now. I have a problem with one of the examples from the book. I created a class

package practice;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.MultiActionController;

public class ProductController extends MultiActionController{
	
	private List<Product> products;
	
	private Product createProduct(Long productId, String name, Date expirationDate) {
		Product product = new Product();
		product.setId(productId);
		product.setName(name);
		product.setExpirationDate(expirationDate);
		return product;
	}
	
	public ProductController() {
		products = new ArrayList<Product>();
		Date today = new Date();
		products.add(createProduct(1L, "test", today));
		products.add(createProduct(2L, "Pro Spring Appes", today));
		products.add(createProduct(3L, "Pro Velocity", today));
		products.add(createProduct(4L, "Pro VS.NET", today));
	}
	
	public ModelAndView indexHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
		return new ModelAndView("products-index", "products", products);
	}
}

application context file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
	xsi:schemaLocation="
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

	<bean id="PublicUrlMapping"
			class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
		<property name="mappings">
			<value>
				/index.html=indexController
				/product/index.html=productController
			</value>
		</property>
	</bean>
	<bean id="viewResolver"
			class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver">
		<property name="basename" value="views"/>
	</bean>
	<bean id="internalPathMethodNameResolver"
          class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.InternalPathMethodNameResolver">
        <property name="suffix" value="Handler"/>
    </bean>
	<bean id="indexController"
			class="practice.IndexController">
	</bean>
	<bean id="productController"
          class="practice.ProductController">
        <property name="methodNameResolver" ref="internalPathMethodNameResolver"/>
    </bean>
</beans>

and a views.properties file

#index
products-index.class=org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView
products-index.url=/WEB-INF/views/product/index.jsp

When i go to url http://localhost:8080/springpractice/product/index.html

indexHandler method of ProductController class gets invoked properly but I receive this error:

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'products-index': Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: No bean class specified on bean definition
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:656)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:549)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

root cause

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'products-index': Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: No bean class specified on bean definition
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:965)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:911)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
	org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
	org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver.initFactory(ResourceBundleViewResolver.java:251)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver.loadView(ResourceBundleViewResolver.java:194)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractCachingViewResolver.createView(AbstractCachingViewResolver.java:158)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractCachingViewResolver.resolveViewName(AbstractCachingViewResolver.java:77)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.resolveViewName(DispatcherServlet.java:1078)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1027)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:817)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:719)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:644)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:549)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

root cause

java.lang.IllegalStateException: No bean class specified on bean definition
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.getBeanClass(AbstractBeanDefinition.java:372)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:52)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:958)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:911)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
	org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
	org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
	org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver.initFactory(ResourceBundleViewResolver.java:251)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver.loadView(ResourceBundleViewResolver.java:194)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractCachingViewResolver.createView(AbstractCachingViewResolver.java:158)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractCachingViewResolver.resolveViewName(AbstractCachingViewResolver.java:77)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.resolveViewName(DispatcherServlet.java:1078)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1027)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:817)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:719)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:644)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:549)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

It seems that ResourceBundleViewResolver is not finding or loading views.properties file. I copied this file to every folder within my springpractice folder but it didn't help.

Could somebody please offer me some advice?

Thanks in advance

[rshekher]

I thinks the problem shud arised either in Model or in view.properties .
A small Sugesstion .. Please take off "-" and rename to Productsindex.

And try .

Let me know .

Regards,
Raj