Compile problem due to struts set up issue?

Question

I am trying to compile my first struts java program on Tomcat 5.5 container.
I set up the struts.jar in the WEB-INF/lib directory and put it in my classpath. I also created the struts-config.xml file in the WEB-INF directory.
Here is my class file:
package struts;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages;
public class LoginAction extends Action
    public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
        HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
        throws Exception
        ActionMessages errors = new ActionMessages();
        LoginForm loginForm = (LoginForm) form;
        String userName = loginForm.getUsername();
        String password = loginForm.getPassword();
        ActionForward returnForward = null;
        if ("admin".equals(userName) && "opensesame".equals(password))
            returnForward = mapping.findForward("success");
        else
            returnForward = mapping.getInputForward();
            errors.add(ActionMessages.GLOBAL_MESSAGE,
                new ActionMessage("error.login.invalid"));
        if (!errors.isEmpty())
            saveErrors(request, errors);
        return returnForward;
}My errors message seems to indicate I dont have something set up correctly in my struts?
LoginAction.java:6: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
                                ^
LoginAction.java:7: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
                                ^
LoginAction.java:8: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
                                ^
LoginAction.java:9: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
                                ^
LoginAction.java:10: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage;
                                ^
LoginAction.java:11: package org.apache.struts.action does not exist
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages;
                                ^
LoginAction.java:14: cannot find symbol
symbol: class Action
public class LoginAction extends Action
                                 ^
LoginAction.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class ActionMapping
location: class struts.LoginAction
    public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
                                 ^
LoginAction.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class ActionForm
location: class struts.LoginAction
    public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
                                                        ^
LoginAction.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class ActionForward
location: class struts.LoginAction
    public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
           ^
LoginAction.java:20: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class ActionMessages
location: class struts.LoginAction
        ActionMessages errors = new ActionMessages();
        ^
LoginAction.java:20: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class ActionMessages
location: class struts.LoginAction
        ActionMessages errors = new ActionMessages();
....Please advise.

Answer 1

restart your tomcat