Spring NestedServletException: Request processing failed exception is tiles CannotRenderException: ServletException including path

Question

I am new to Spring, I am using SPRING 3.0.4 REST MVC with tiles 2.2.2, My question is very clear, when I tried to submit a request with simpler path's which I have configured in mvc-servlet.xml like /WEB-INF/jsp, it runs successfully, but when I tried to access path /WEB-INF/jsp/XYZ/xyz.jsp or /WEB-INF/jsp/ABC/abc.jsp, I get error, I have used tiles to create layout , I have two different roles for my app, one is user and second is admin, so obviously, I have created two dir under /WEB-INF/JSP/user and /WEB-INF/jsp/admin and put common files under /WEB-INF/jsp, so when I created a view (check tiles config in code) for user, I have used /WEB-INF/jsp/user, when access common files it works fine but when I submit a request to access files under /WEB-INF/jsp/user I got following error

HTTP Status 500 - Request processing failed; nested exception is org.apache.tiles.impl.CannotRenderException: ServletException including path '/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/layout.jsp'.
type Exception report
message Request processing failed; nested exception is org.apache.tiles.impl.CannotRenderException: ServletException including path '/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/layout.jsp'.
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.apache.tiles.impl.CannotRenderException: ServletException including path '/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/layout.jsp'.
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:656)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:560)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:393)

HERE IS LOG

SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [mvc] in context with path [/docuSaver] threw exception [Request processing failed; nested exception is org.apache.tiles.impl.CannotRenderException: ServletException including path '/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/layout.jsp'.] with root cause
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/header.jsp (line: 21, column: 20) Attribute attribute invalid for tag insertAttribute according to TLD
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:42)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:408)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:237)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.checkXmlAttributes(Validator.java:1265)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:875)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1539)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2376)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2428)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2434)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:475)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2376)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validateExDirectives(Validator.java:1795)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:217)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:373)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:353)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:340)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:646)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:357)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:393)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:749)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:605)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:544)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspRuntimeLibrary.include(JspRuntimeLibrary.java:954)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doInclude(PageContextImpl.java:684)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.include(PageContextImpl.java:678)
at org.apache.tiles.jsp.context.JspTilesRequestContext.include(JspTilesRequestContext.java:103)
at org.apache.tiles.jsp.context.JspTilesRequestContext.dispatch(JspTilesRequestContext.java:96)
at org.apache.tiles.renderer.impl.TemplateAttributeRenderer.write(TemplateAttributeRenderer.java:44)
at org.apache.tiles.renderer.impl.AbstractBaseAttributeRenderer.render(AbstractBaseAttributeRenderer.java:106)
at org.apache.tiles.renderer.impl.ChainedDelegateAttributeRenderer.write(ChainedDelegateAttributeRenderer.java:76)
at org.apache.tiles.renderer.impl.AbstractBaseAttributeRenderer.render(AbstractBaseAttributeRenderer.java:106)
at org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:670)
at org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:336)
at org.apache.tiles.template.InsertAttributeModel.renderAttribute(InsertAttributeModel.java:210)
at org.apache.tiles.template.InsertAttributeModel.end(InsertAttributeModel.java:126)
at org.apache.tiles.jsp.taglib.InsertAttributeTag.doTag(InsertAttributeTag.java:311)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.layout.user.layout_jsp._jspx_meth_tiles_005finsertAttribute_005f1(layout_jsp.java:145)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.layout.user.layout_jsp._jspService(layout_jsp.java:78)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:393)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:749)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:487)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:412)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:339)
at org.apache.tiles.servlet.context.ServletTilesRequestContext.forward(ServletTilesRequestContext.java:241)
at org.apache.tiles.servlet.context.ServletTilesRequestContext.dispatch(ServletTilesRequestContext.java:222)
at org.apache.tiles.renderer.impl.TemplateAttributeRenderer.write(TemplateAttributeRenderer.java:44)
at org.apache.tiles.renderer.impl.AbstractBaseAttributeRenderer.render(AbstractBaseAttributeRenderer.java:106)
at org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:670)
at org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:690)
at org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:644)
at org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:627)
at org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:321)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesView.renderMergedOutputModel(TilesView.java:124)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1031)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:815)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:717)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:644)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:560)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:393)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:936)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1004)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:589)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:312)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

Here is MY SPRING CONFIG

<context:component-scan base-package="com.XXXX.common.controller" />
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<mvc:default-servlet-handler/>
<bean
 class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.UrlBasedViewResolver">
 <property name="order" value="2" />
 <property name="viewClass"> 
 <value>org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesView </value>
 </property>
</bean>
<bean id="tilesConfigurer"
 class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer">
 <property name="definitions">
 <list>
 <value>/WEB-INF/**/tiles.xml</value>
 </list>
 </property>
</bean> 
<bean
 class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
 <property name="order" value="3" />
 <property name="prefix">
 <value>/WEB-INF/jsp/</value>
 </property>
 <property name="suffix">
 <value>.jsp</value>
 </property>
</bean>

HERE IS TILES CONFIG

<tiles-definitions>
<definition name="userLayout" template="/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/layout.jsp">
 <put-attribute name="title" value="" />
 <put-attribute name="header" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/header.jsp" />
 <put-attribute name="menu" value="" />
 <put-attribute name="body" value="" />
 <put-attribute name="footer" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/footer.jsp" />
</definition>
 <definition name="userHome" extends="userLayout">
 <put-attribute name="title" value="XXXX" />
 <put-attribute name="menu" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/user/menu.jsp" />
 <put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/user/body.jsp" />
</definition>
</tiles-definitions>

Here is my WEB XML CONFIG

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
 <url-pattern>/WEB-INF/jsp/*</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
 <url-pattern>/WEB-INF/jsp/user/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
 <url-pattern>/WEB-INF/*</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
 <servlet-name>mvc</servlet-name>
 <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
 <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-name>mvc</servlet-name>
 <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<context-param>
 <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
 <param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
 <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>

HERE IS MY JSP PAGE

<%@ taglib uri="http://tiles.apache.org/tags-tiles" prefix="tiles"%>
<html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
 <title><tiles:insertAttribute name="title" ignore="true" /></title>
</head>
<body>
 <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" align="center">
 <tr>
 <td height="30"><tiles:insertAttribute name="header" />
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td height="250"><tiles:insertAttribute name="menu" /></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><tiles:insertAttribute name="body" /></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td height="30"><tiles:insertAttribute name="footer" />
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 </body>
</html>

So, when I try to use the userLayout, it gives me status 500 exeception, It seems, I can only put my jsp pages under /WEB-INF/jsp directory as it is configured in spring at internalViewResolver, because when I created a layout in tiles with all jsp pages under /WEB-INF/jsp , it runs successfully, but when I created a folder and /WEB-INF/jsp/folderName/jspPAGE.jsp, spring start creating problem and it seems spring framework is fighting for finding out deeper path like /WEB-INF/jsp/folder/... So, can some one tell me how to enable spring to find out more path inside the specified path, Also I have a configuration for JSON and XML in spring config which I have not mentioned for simply reduce the code amount

• HEAT: I have added my jsp page as well, please check it
• Dangling Piyush: your tiles layout jsp

Answer 1

The problem is with your header.jsp page, I think you have some tiles attribute on that page. Try removing those and it will resolve your problem

Answer 2

By using the Order property for viewresolvers it can be solved..

In your controller, if the return value is userHome, spring goes to tiles configuration. Otherwise it gives an exception, because, Spring first looks for pages under org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver in your configuration. If it is not found, it throws an Exception. So define property for both view Resolvers and for tiles resolver gives min value than other resolver.

So, spring first looking in tiles resolver.

for tiles resolver:

 <property name="order" value="0"/>;

for org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver

 <property name="order" value="1"/>;

Answer 3

in header.jsp. This line have the problem with your Tiles attribute, debug this and check for the page included into your tiles.xml

Answer 4

What about reading the actual exception:

JasperException: /WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/header.jsp (line: 21, column: 20) Attribute attribute invalid for tag insertAttribute according to TLD

You have <tiles:inserAttribute attribute="..."> in header.jsp.

• HEAT: Hi, thanks for reply...it gives me error on all the included pages i.e. on all tiles insert attribute. But if these header or footer pages when put under /WEB-INF/jsp dir, it works fine. So can you tell me a quick configuration.
• Pavel Horal: I am not quite sure what you mean. Both your Tiles config and your layout JSP look fine. Can you show the /WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user/header.jsp file?
• HEAT: I have only div tag with hello header as content only... no css no image
• Pavel Horal: Please share the actual contents of that file in your question. The error is very specific about where the problem is.
• HEAT: I was saying that when the header.jsp, footer.jsp , body.jsp and menu.jsp put under /WEB-INF/jsp directory , everything works fine, but when same pages put under /WEB-INF/jsp/layout/user or any other directory which is under /WEB-INF/jsp/ than it start giving me exception like i have mentioned above in my question