Fail to connect to localhost:8080 ( tomcat , cactus 13 1.7.2, ANT ) sample servlet example

[vaneet sharma <ma...@googlemail.com>]

I am using the following tasks to connect to my tomcat 5.0 using cactus and
ANT.

Question 1)
Which directory should i point to :  target.dir.normalized

Question 2)
What shall in change in target test and test.prepare to make it working ?

thanks,

please find the below targets which i found from cactus servel sample with
cactus  13 1.7.2



 <target name="test.prepare.logging">

    <!-- Convert the path to logging_*.properties to use forward slashes
         so that it works when loaded as a String in Java (backslashes
         won't work.
    -->

    <pathconvert property="target.dir.normalized" dirsep="/">
      <path>
        <pathelement location="${target.dir}"/>
      </path>
    </pathconvert>
    <copy todir="${target.dir}" filtering="on" failonerror="false">
      <fileset dir="${base.dir}">
        <include name="logging_*.properties"/>
      </fileset>
      <filterset>
        <filter token="target.dir" value="${target.dir.normalized}"/>
      </filterset>
    </copy>
    <!-- Make sure logging_*.properties files exist, even if empty -->
    <touch file="${target.dir}/logging_client.properties"/>
    <touch file="${target.dir}/logging_server.properties"/>

  </target>

<target name="test.prepare"
      depends="war, compile.java, test.prepare.logging">

    <!-- Cactify the web-app archive -->

    <cactifywar srcfile="${target.dir}/${project.name.file}.war"
        destfile="${target.dir}/${project.name.file}-cactified.war"
        mergewebxml="${webinf.dir}/cactus-web.xml">

        <fileset dir="${src.webapp.dir}">
                   <exclude name="WEB-INF/cactus-web.xml"/>
                  <exclude name="WEB-INF/web.xml"/>
         </fileset>

      <classes dir="${target.classes.java.dir}"/>

      <!-- Provide a secured servlet redirector in addition to the
           default servlet redirector -->

      <servletredirector/>
      <servletredirector name="ServletRedirectorSecure"
          mapping="/ServletRedirectorSecure" roles="test"/>

      <!-- Needed for Clover coverage reports -->
        <lib file="${clover.jar}"/>
   </cactifywar>

    <!-- Prepare the directories for the JUnit reports -->
       <mkdir dir="${target.testreports.dir}/tomcat5x"/>
  </target>

  <target name="test" depends="test.prepare"
      description="Run the tests on the defined containers">

    <!-- Run the tests -->
    <cactus warfile="${target.dir}/${project.name.file}-cactified.war"
        fork="yes" failureproperty="tests.failed" haltonerror="true">

      <!-- Configure the cactus task for logging -->
      <cactusproperty server="false"
          propertiesFile="${target.dir.normalized
}/logging_client.properties"/>
      <cactusproperty server="true"
          propertiesFile="${target.dir.normalized
}/logging_server.properties"/>

      <!-- Additional jars that will be added to the classpath used to start
the
           container (in addition to the container jars themseleves which
are
           automatically added by the <cactus> task -->

      <containerclasspath>
        <pathelement location="${clover.jar}"/>
     </containerclasspath>

      <classpath>
        <path refid="project.classpath"/>
        <pathelement location="${clover.jar}"/>
        <pathelement location="${httpunit.jar}"/>
        <pathelement location="${nekohtml.jar}"/>
        <pathelement location="${target.classes.java.dir}"/>
        <pathelement location="${log4j.jar}"/>
      </classpath>

      <containerset>
        <tomcat5x if="cactus.home.tomcat5x"
            dir="${cactus.home.tomcat5x}" port="${cactus.port}"
            output="${target.testreports.dir}/tomcat5x.out"
            todir="${target.testreports.dir}/tomcat5x"/>
      </containerset>

      <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/>
      <formatter type="xml"/>


     <!-- Due to some Cactus synchronization bug, the 'unit' tests need
               to run before the 'sample' tests -->

        <!--
      <batchtest>
        <fileset dir="${src.java.dir}">

            <include name="com/zabidoo/mobile/server/Test*.java" />
            <exclude name="com/zabidoo/mobile/server/Test*All.java"/>
        </fileset>
      </batchtest>
        -->

      <batchtest>
        <fileset dir="${src.java.dir}">
            <include name="com/zabidoo/mobile/server/Test*.java" />
            <exclude name="com/zabidoo/mobile/server/Test*All.java"/>
        </fileset>
      </batchtest>
       </cactus>

    <!-- Generate the JUnit reports -->


    <junitreport todir="${target.testreports.dir}/tomcat5x">
      <fileset dir="${target.testreports.dir}/tomcat5x"
          includes="TEST-*.xml"/>
      <report todir="${target.testreports.dir}/tomcat5x"
          format="frames"/>
    </junitreport>


    <fail if="tests.failed">At least one test failed!</fail>

  </target>

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