I do the same thing with the <welcome-file> and have no problems with
Netscape (version 4.6). However I am using Tomcat 3.2.2-beta1 not 3.2.1.
Maybe you could try changing and see if it cures the problem.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Alfors [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 06 March 2001 20:58
> To: struts-user
> Subject: Error reading request
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am using Tomcat 3.2.1 and noticed this message this morning...
>
> 2001-03-06 11:00:12 - ContextManager: Error reading request, ignored -
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.handleError(ContextManager.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextM
> anager.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processCo
> nnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java,Compiled
> Code)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java, Compiled Code)
>
> This is the first time that I have received this message. I made a
> change this morning to my web app that defines the
> <welcome-file> to be
> an action class (Index.do).
> In doing so, I had to create a dummy file (Index.do) that
> only contains
> some text so that the web server (tomcat) will not display
> the directory
> listing.
>
> Now I am receiving this error when accessing my web-app in Netscape
> only. Also, this error only appears once. If I reload the
> web-app, it
> loads fine, without any errors.
> IE does not produce this message at all.
>
> The pages come up fine, but I am concerned why this error is being
> logged.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas?
>
> Thansk in advance,
> Pete
>
