I was tasked out with upgrading our legacy Axis2 implemtation from 1.5.6 to 1.7.3.
I have worked through all the various library and compilation changes and it seems to be compiling and packaging as expected. However, when I attempt to start the app, I receive the following: 2016-10-17 20:38:49.688 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/axis2] null > - StandardWrapper.Throwable > java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError > at > org.apache.axis2.description.AxisDescription.<init>(AxisDescription.java:72) > ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3] > at > org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisConfiguration.<init>(AxisConfiguration.java:175) > ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3] > at > org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.populateAxisConfiguration(DeploymentEngine.java:627) > ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3] > at > org.apache.axis2.deployment.WarBasedAxisConfigurator.<init>(WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java:157) > ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3] > at > org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.initConfigContext(AxisServlet.java:620) > ~[axis2-transport-http-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3] > at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.init(AxisServlet.java:471) > ~[axis2-transport-http-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3] > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1183) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1099) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:989) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4913) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5223) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:724) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:700) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:952) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1823) > [catalina.jar:8.5.5] > at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) > [?:1.8.0_102] > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_102] > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) > [?:1.8.0_102] > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) > [?:1.8.0_102] > at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_102] > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.crimson.tree.ElementNode.getAttributeNodeNS(ElementNode.java:415) > ~[crimson.jar:1.1] > at > org.apache.crimson.tree.ElementNode.getAttributeNS(ElementNode.java:392) > ~[crimson.jar:1.1] > at > org.apache.axiom.locator.ImplementationFactory.parseImplementation(ImplementationFactory.java:131) > ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19] > at > org.apache.axiom.locator.ImplementationFactory.parseDescriptor(ImplementationFactory.java:98) > ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19] > at > org.apache.axiom.locator.DefaultOMMetaFactoryLocator.<init>(DefaultOMMetaFactoryLocator.java:87) > ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19] > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > ~[?:1.8.0_102] > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) > ~[?:1.8.0_102] > at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown > Source) ~[?:1.8.0_102] > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_102] > at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_102] > at > org.apache.axiom.om.OMAbstractFactory.<clinit>(OMAbstractFactory.java:104) > ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19] > ... 22 more I'm at a loss at to what is causing this problem. Can anyone point me to a likely cause of this error? Thanks, Bill
