Hi, Simon.
Why would you say that it's a bad idea to put .jar files in the
classpath? In the case of commonly-used jars, like mail.jar for example, why
would it be better to replicate this in each application's WEB-INF/lib
directory?
Thanks,
-Jeff
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The stack-trace seems pretty clear to me - the
"sendIt" method of the IridiumSendMail class is
storing a null pointer into a hashtable.
What you may find is that the IridiumSendMail
class is expecting to load a resource file from
somewhere, but not finding it because you
forgot to install it, or didn't install it in the
right place.
Just a note on the location of the "mail.jar"
and "activation.jar" files - I think that the
correct place for these is where you
first had them, in the WEB-INF/lib
directory within your web application.
Placing jars in the classpath is
generally a bad idea with tomcat
(though quite a lot of tomcat users
don't seem to understand this; presumably
they are the same ones that would be
using global variables under c++ :-)
regards,
Simon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Siegfreid [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 5:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Servlet error I can't seem to resolve
>
> I have a simple form handling servlet (FormEngineLight) that connects to a
> email class (IridiumSendMail) that have been working with another host
> under JServ 1.0b3. I moved to a new host with Tomcat 3.2 and also now have
> Tomcat 3.2 working on a local machine for testing. Now my servlet/class
> combo fails to work in either location. They require mail.jar and
> activation.jar, which are in the classpath (initially just in the context
> lib directory, now in the locations that load at boot). My apps are
> compiled agains Java 1.18 but are running on 1.2 for both local and
> hosted.
>
> The stackTrace I get from FormEngineLight (emailed back using the
> sun.net.smtp classes) is:
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:381)
> at IridiumSendMail.sendIt(IridiumSendMail.java)
> at FormEngineLight.writeToIridiumSendMail(FormEngineLight.java)
> at FormEngineLight.sendConfirmation(FormEngineLight.java)
> at FormEngineLight.service(FormEngineLight.java)
> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:49
> 9)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:559)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(Htt
> pConnectionHandler.java:160)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpConnectionThread.run(SimpleTcpEndpoint.java:3
> 38)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
>
> Both of my files are in jars and reside in the lib directory. The
> FormEngineLight servlet is accessible and sends me the error shown above.
> Does the IridiumSendMail file have to be listed in the web.xml file even
> if its not a servlet. If so, do I list it as if it were a servlet?
>
> Thanks,
> Brad Siegfreid
> Iridiumdesign
