Dear All, I am having difficulty with the serialization of the sample PDF (hello.pdf). Every attempt at generating the file returns a blank document - entirely devoid any data. All of the other samples appear to be functioning correctly. Additionally, I encountered a rather obscure log entry after each attempt at generating the PDF in the CATALINA_HOME/logs directory. I have probed the Cocoon website and mail archives meticulously for information related to this issue with little success. Any specific insight into what is causing this and/or potential solutions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, James Note: I am running Tomcat-4.1.24 in standalone mode with Cocoon-2.0.4 on MacOS X 10.2. The error message I encountered in Tomcat's log is listed below: 2003-04-05 00:07:34 StandardWrapperValve[Cocoon2]: Servlet.service() for servlet Cocoon2 threw exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:594) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:491) ----- Root Cause ----- java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:232) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.DefaultComponentFactory.newInstance(DefaultComponentFactory.java:163) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.pool.ResourceLimitingPool.newPoolable(ResourceLimitingPool.java:629) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.pool.ResourceLimitingPool.get(ResourceLimitingPool.java:359) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.PoolableComponentHandler.doGet(PoolableComponentHandler.java:188) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ComponentHandler.get(ComponentHandler.java:234) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ExcaliburComponentSelector.select(ExcaliburComponentSelector.java:205) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.DefaultSitemapComponentSelector.select(DefaultSitemapComponentSelector.java:101) at org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline.AbstractStreamPipeline.setSerializer(AbstractStreamPipeline.java:158) at org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline.CachingStreamPipeline.setSerializer(CachingStreamPipeline.java:115) at org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline.AbstractStreamPipeline.setSerializer(AbstractStreamPipeline.java:149) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.matchN10676(/usr/local/java/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/work/Standalone/localhost/cocoon/cocoon -files/org/apache/cocoon/www/sitemap_xmap.java:7715) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(/usr/local/java/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/work/Standalone/localhost/cocoon/cocoon-fil es/org/apache/cocoon/www/sitemap_xmap.java:3489) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(/usr/local/java/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/work/Standalone/localhost/cocoon/cocoon-fil es/org/apache/cocoon/www/sitemap_xmap.java:3091) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Handler.process(Handler.java:227) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Manager.invoke(Manager.java:173) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.SitemapManager.process(SitemapManager.java:152) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.process(Cocoon.java:579) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.service(CocoonServlet.java:1043) 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:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:594) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:491) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]