Hi, below is my current web.xml listed. As the first Servlet I am loading the InitAppServlet. The init(cfg ServletConfig) Methode lookes like:
public void init(ServletConfig cfg) throws ServletException { this.cfg = cfg; this.ctx = cfg.getServletContext(); //initApp(); }//init() When I startup the application I get an Exception form the destroy() methode of the InitAppServlet is thrown. You can see below the thrown Execption As a strange thing: it already used to work! Does anyone have an idea? I am using Tomcat 4.0.1 on a Linux SuSE 7.3 Box, JDK 1.3.1 thanks, rainer ##################################### Exception: Servlet InitAppServlet threw unload() exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.destroy() for servlet InitAppServlet threw exception at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.unload(StandardWrapper.java:1020) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.stop(StandardWrapper.java:1193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.reload(StandardContext.java:2381) at org.apache.catalina.servlets.ManagerServlet.reload(ManagerServlet.java:448) at org.apache.catalina.servlets.ManagerServlet.doGet(ManagerServlet.java:281) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:201) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:518) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2344) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:462) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:163) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1011) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1106) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) ----- Root Cause ----- java.lang.NullPointerException at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.getServletContext(GenericServlet.java:205) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.log(GenericServlet.java:300) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.destroy(GenericServlet.java:122) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.unload(StandardWrapper.java:1011) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.stop(StandardWrapper.java:1193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.reload(StandardContext.java:2381) at org.apache.catalina.servlets.ManagerServlet.reload(ManagerServlet.java:448) at org.apache.catalina.servlets.ManagerServlet.doGet(ManagerServlet.java:281) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:201) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:518) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2344) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:462) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:163) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1011) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1106) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) ########################################################### web.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN" "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd"> <web-app> <context-param> <param-name>mapserver_pfad</param-name> <param-value>http://jspserver</param-value> <!-- <param-value>http://development.projektinter.net/</param-value> --> <description>MapServer-Pfad</description> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>mapserver_cgi_pfad</param-name> <param-value>/cgi-bin/mapserv</param-value> <description>MapServer CGI Pfad</description> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>apache_pfad</param-name> <param-value>%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fhttpd%2Fhtdocs%2F</param-value> <description>Pfad zum Apache Server unter dem sich das mapserver Verzichnis befindet</description> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>tomcat_pfad</param-name> <param-value>%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fjakarta-tomcat-4.0.1%2F</param-value> <description>Pfad des Tomcat Wurzelverzeichnis</description> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>application_name</param-name> <param-value>wwa-m</param-value> <description>Name der Application</description> </context-param> <servlet> <servlet-name>InitAppServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>net.projektinter.wwam.util.InitAppServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>fileName</param-name> <param-value>system.out.println</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>logLevel</param-name> <param-value>debug</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>dbUrl</param-name> <param-value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>dbName</param-name> <param-value>wwa_m01</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>dbDriver</param-name> <param-value>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>dbPassword</param-name> <param-value></param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>dbUser</param-name> <param-value>root</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <!-- Standard Action Servlet Configuration (with debugging) --> <servlet> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> <servlet-class>PIActionServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>application</param-name> <param-value>ApplicationResources</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>config</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>debug</param-name> <param-value>2</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>detail</param-name> <param-value>1</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>validate</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup> </servlet> <!-- Standard Action Servlet Mapping --> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/app/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <!-- Struts Tag Library Descriptors --> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-form.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-form.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/logon.tld</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/logon.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> <resource-ref> <description> Resource reference to a factory for java.sql.Connection instances that may be used for talking to a particular database that is configured in the server.xml file. </description> <res-ref-name>jdbc/wwa-mDB</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> </web-app>