Timothy Rogers wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When I try to start up the Jonas server, I get:
>     JOnAS: Cannot start Naming Manager
>     java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at org.objectweb.jonas.naming.NamingManager.
>                         <init>(NamingManager.java:75)
>         at org.objectweb.jonas.server.Server.main(Server.java:78)
> 
> The reason I get this is that my naming service is screwed up. But also,
> around line 75 in the NamingManager class, there is the following code:
>      try {
>          ictx = new InitialContext();
>          myEnv = ictx.getEnvironment();
>      } catch (NamingException n) {
>          Throwable t = n.getRootCause();
>          if (t.getMessage().startsWith("Connection refused to host:")) {
>           Trace.errln("NamingManager: rmi registry not started ?");
>           throw n;
>          } else if (t.getMessage().startsWith("error during remote
> invocation")) {
>           Trace.errln("NamingManager: jrmi registry not started ?");
>           throw n;
>          } else {
>          Trace.errln("NamingManager: "+t.getMessage());
>           throw n;
>          }
>      }
> 
> The bug is where you call the getRootCause() method of the NamingException
> n. Sun's documentation says that getRootCause() "Returns the possibly null
> exception that caused this naming exception. If null, it means no root cause
> has been set for this naming exception."
> 
> In my case, there is no root cause and the expression "Throwable t =
> n.getRootCause()" returns a null Throwable t. In the next line, you ask the
> Throwable t to get its message. Since the Throwable t is null, you get a
> NullPointerException.
> 
> This can be fixed by adding the lines:
>     if( t == null )
>         t = n;
> after line 75:
>     Throwable t = n.getRootCause();
> 
> Then, people like me would be able to actually get a meaningful message from
> the NamingManager class and be able to move on to debug the naming service
> problem.
> 
> --Timothy Rogers

Thank you Rogers,
there is actually a bug in the NamingManager.
It is fixed in the current CVS tree
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