Is this a request for help, or just a rant? Please let us know. John
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [offtopic] Opinion - Error messages > > > I have been in IT for approximately 25 years and worked with > Cobol, C++, > Fortran, PL1, Java, and others on IBM S390, PDPs, AS400s, > PCs. I believe > Tomcat is a great server environment. It has a lot of > strengths and is > evolving rapidly. Many talented developers dedicate vast > amounts of time to > the project. I appreciate their efforts. > > In all cases, error processing and reporting could be a > difficult task. I > appreciate the effort that it requires. But I do believe for > Tomcat to > flourish, which I hope it does, it needs more attention in > this area. For > over a week I have been painstakingly trying to set up > Server.xml with my > context data. Yet, I am simply rewarded with the following > non-descriptive > error message. I pity people that are in a production > environment with > development schedules who encounter similar situations. In > general, Tomcat > deserves high marks. But for error processing and reporting, > it deserves an > "F". > > Just my $0.02 > > > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Starting > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Processing > start(), current > available=false > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Configuring default > Resources > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Resources > start failed: > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Configuring > non-privileged > default Loader > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Configuring > default Manager > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Processing standard > container startup > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Context > startup failed due > to previous errors > 2003-02-03 09:32:57 StandardContext[/mfnettags]: Exception > during cleanup > after start failed > LifecycleException: Container StandardContext[/mfnettags] > has not been > started > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext. > java:3643) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext > .java:3621) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:347) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService > .java:497) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.j > ava:2189) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:512) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccess > orImpl.java:39 > ) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMeth > odAccessorImpl > .java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
