HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report

message

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

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: The string "--" is not permitted within comments.
	org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initServlet(ActionServlet.java:1120)
	org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:324)
	javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)
	org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:118)
	org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
	org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:300)
	org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:374)
	org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:743)
	org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:675)
	org.apache.jk.common.SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:866)
	org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
	java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

root cause

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is not permitted within comments.
	org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
	org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1567)
	org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initServlet(ActionServlet.java:1112)
	org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:324)
	javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)
	org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:118)
	org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
	org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:300)
	org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:374)
	org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:743)
	org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:675)
	org.apache.jk.common.SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:866)
	org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
	java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.0.28 logs.

Apache Tomcat/5.0.28