setting devMode value to "true" causes NullPointerException -----------------------------------------------------------
Key: WW-2956 URL: https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2956 Project: Struts 2 Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.1.6 Environment: Windows 2003 Server SP2, JRE 1.6.0_07, Tomcat 6.0.18 Reporter: Semion Oshchepkov Priority: Blocker I enabled devMode in struts2-blank-2.1.6 application and it's caused such deployment exception: org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart SEVERE: Exception starting filter struts2 java.lang.NullPointerException at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.FileManager$FileRevision.needsReloading(FileManager.java:209) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.FileManager.fileNeedsReloading(FileManager.java:60) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.needsReload(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:325) at org.apache.struts2.config.StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.needsReload(StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.java:168) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.conditionalReload(ConfigurationManager.java:220) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:61) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.getContainer(Dispatcher.java:774) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.InitOperations.initStaticContentLoader(InitOperations.java:77) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.init(StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.java:49) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:275) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:397) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3709) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4363) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:830) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) Also struts2-showcase-2.1.6 (where devMode is default) throws same exception: org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.FileManager$FileRevision.needsReloading(FileManager.java:209) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.FileManager.fileNeedsReloading(FileManager.java:60) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.needsReload(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:325) at org.apache.struts2.config.StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.needsReload(StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.java:168) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.conditionalReload(ConfigurationManager.java:220) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:61) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.getContainer(Dispatcher.java:774) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.PrepareOperations.createActionContext(PrepareOperations.java:74) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareFilter.doFilter(StrutsPrepareFilter.java:59) 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:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:857) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:565) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1509) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.