Here is my config in web.xml
<context-param>
<param-name>
org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.DEFINITIONS_CONFIG</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/tiles.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.apache.struts2.tiles.StrutsTilesListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<filter>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
in struts.xml
<package name="default" extends="struts-default, tiles-default">
<action name="home" class="controller.HomeController">
<result name="success" type="tiles">home</result>
</action>
</package>
in tiles.xml
<definition name="home" template="/layout.jsp">
<put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/pages/home.jsp"/>
</definition>
in pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts.xwork</groupId>
<artifactId>xwork-core</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-core</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-jsp</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-spring-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-extras</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
Here is the complete stack trace:
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.apache.struts2.tiles.StrutsTilesListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.struts2.tiles.StrutsTilesListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1676)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1521)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:397)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4537)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5097)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5092)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Missing struts2-tiles-plugin-2.2.x.jar in classpath, with dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-tiles-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${version.tiles}</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
You can solved ClassNotFoundException with findJAR
http://www.findjar.com/index.x?query=org.apache.struts2.tiles.StrutsTilesListener