Test the value of url as null and length as in
try {
if( request.getParameter( url) != null
&& request.getParameter( url).length > 1) {
[do all your stuff]
} else { [log an error] }
} catch()
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dizon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:48 AM
I'm having problems with a servlet that I have written. The problem occurs
only SOMETIMES! , and I can't figure out why it works sometimes, and other
times not. The getParameter is taking in a string representation of a URL
based on input from the browser input. Such as
http://localhost/servlet?url=http://anotherwebsite.com
It works most of the time, but on some websites I get the Null Pointer
exception, and sometimes I try again and it works. Also, I did a
System.out.println(url) and it prints out as Null when I get the Null
Pointer.
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