I get "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path Failure does not start with a "/" character" exception when using Struts in JBoss.

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Issue

Following is the error I get when I include distributable tag in web.xml.

http-10.241.34.202-443-1 INFO  STDOUT - OtrackRequestProcessor: path=/launch
http-10.241.34.202-443-1 INFO  STDOUT - http-10.241.34.202-443-1 ERROR [/doc/mocis].[action] - Servlet.service() for servlet action threw exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path Failure does not start with a "/" character
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.getRequestDispatcher(ApplicationContext.java:370)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.getRequestDispatcher(ApplicationContextFacade.java:196)
     at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.doForward(RequestProcessor.java:1062)
     at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(RequestProcessor.java:455)
     at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:279)
     at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482)
     at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:507)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:198)
     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:190)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:92)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.process(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:126)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.invoke(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:70)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:158)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:567)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:829)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:598)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Environment

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.0.0.GA

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