Figured any NullPointerException is a bug. Now why I'm causing it is a whole different story... :)
DEBUG 2002-09-10 21:31:52.312 [axrs.system.roles ] (): setup role: name='http-handler', role='axrs.handlers.HTTPHandler', class='axrs.handlers.HTTPHandler', handler='org.apache.excalibur.fortress.handler.PerThreadComponentHandler' <snip/> DEBUG 2002-09-10 21:31:52.755 [axrs.system.roles.defaults ] (): looking up class with shorthand 'http-handler' but a class was not found. DEBUG 2002-09-10 21:31:52.763 [axrs.system.roles ] (): looking up class with shorthand 'http-handler' but a class was not found. Exception in thread "main" org.apache.excalibur.fortress.InitializationException: Cannot set up container. Startup lifecycle failure at org.apache.excalibur.fortress.DefaultContainerManager.initializeContainer(DefaultContainerManager.java:256) at org.apache.excalibur.fortress.DefaultContainerManager.initialize(DefaultContainerManager.java:172) at axrs.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:42) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.excalibur.fortress.util.AbstractRoleManager.getHandlerClassForClass(AbstractRoleManager.java:271) at org.apache.excalibur.fortress.util.AbstractRoleManager.getHandlerClassForClass(AbstractRoleManager.java:264) at org.apache.excalibur.fortress.container.DefaultContainer.rewriteConfiguration(DefaultContainer.java:151) at org.apache.excalibur.fortress.container.DefaultContainer.configure(DefaultContainer.java:122) at org.apache.excalibur.fortress.DefaultContainerManager.initializeContainer(DefaultContainerManager.java:229) ... 2 more <end/> Corey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>