Struts 2 ajax validation unable to find interceptor class jsonValidationWorkflowStack - java

I'm trying to implement ajax validation in my Struts 2 application. I have included struts2-json-plugin in the build path. Whenever I start the server in Eclipse, I get the following error:
Unable to find interceptor class referenced by ref-name
jsonValidationWorkflowStack - interceptor-ref -
file:/C:/path/struts.xml:15:60
This is what my struts.xml looks like:
<struts>
<constant name="struts.url.includeParams" value="all" />
<constant name="struts.devMode" value="true" />
<package name="default" extends="struts-default">
<action name="submitForm" class="action.FormAction" >
<interceptor-ref name="jsonValidationWorkflowStack"/>
<result>results.jsp</result>
<result name="input">index.jsp</result>
<result name="error">index.jsp</result>
</action>
</package>
</struts>
Why is this happening? I'm following the official struts2 ajax validation tutorial at.

You need to extend the "json-default" package.
The "struts-default" package doesn't know about the "jsonValidationWorkflowStack".

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