Invalid <url-pattern> * in servlet mapping

[broughan]

Upgraded from JBoss 3.2.3 to 3.2.4 and getting an exception on deployment. Whats wrong with this servlet mapping?

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>mainServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/csr/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Causes the error 'Invalid <url-pattern> * in servlet mapping' or more specifically:

15:08:42,634 ERROR [ContextConfig] Parse error in application web.xml
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid <url-pattern> * in servlet mapping
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2540)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2566)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1061)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endNamespaceScope(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationConfig(ContextConfig.java:263)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:624)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:216)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4268)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:823)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:807)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:109)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5412)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:109)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:267)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:68)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:306)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:62)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:40)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:271)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:221)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor74.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.server.ReflectedDispatcher.dispatch(ReflectedDispatcher.java:60)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:61)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:53)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:185)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:837)
at $Proxy17.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:367)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor11.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.server.ReflectedDispatcher.dispatch(ReflectedDispatcher.java:60)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:61)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:53)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:185)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
at $Proxy31.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:313)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:836)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:645)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:608)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor29.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.server.ReflectedDispatcher.dispatch(ReflectedDispatcher.java:60)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:61)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:53)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:185)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
at $Proxy7.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:304)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:478)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:20
1)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:274)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:271)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:221)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.server.ReflectedDispatcher.dispatch(ReflectedDispatcher.java:60)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:61)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:53)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:185)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:837)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:367)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor11.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.server.ReflectedDispatcher.dispatch(ReflectedDispatcher.java:60)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:61)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:53)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:185)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:251)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:836)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:645)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:608)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:592)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.server.ReflectedDispatcher.dispatch(ReflectedDispatcher.java:60)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:61)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:53)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:185)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:473)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:407)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:311)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:144)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:389)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

[codea]

I am getting the exact same problem. The url-pattern in use was
<url-pattern>/*.do</url-pattern>
changing this to
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
resolved the problem. As far I can see, the former version should fine and it worked in 3.2.3 and continues to work in other app servers.
Is this a bug in Tomcat 5?

thanks
Conrad

[xanthros]

It is an illegal url pattern according to the servlet specification which Tomcat is following.