Kachana Ung wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I ran into this very same problem. I was later told
> that it is a bug in Java Web Server 2.0. Don't know
> if this the web server you are using.
I'm not saying that JWS 2.0 is bug free, but in this case the problem is
more likely caused by a bug in the servlet code. The NullPointerException
is thrown because getRequestDispatcher() returns null, so the rd
variable doesn't have a value. That will happen in any servlet container.
The reason getRequestDispatcher() returns null is likely because the
path used as an argument is invalid. It must start with a slash (/) and
is a context-relative path (i.e. the path *without* the URI prefix assigned
to the context).
For more on this, search the archives and read the Servlet specification.
Hans
> --- David Reck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > I have the following code:
> >
> > RequestDispatcher rd =
> >
> getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/servlet/testServlet");
> > rd.forward(request, response);
> >
> > The code works when I forward to a servlet but the
> > code does not work when I try
> > to forward to a jsp page or a html page. I get a
> > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > with jsp's and html's. Is there anything different
> > that needs to be done when
> > forward to something other than a servlet.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
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Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com
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