On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Manavendra Gupta wrote:
> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 14:12:38 -0800 > From: Manavendra Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Filter problems > > Hi, > > I have a simple security filter for authentication used for a custom MVC > framework application. Everything works properly, however, if a large file > is uploaded (about 17MB), I get the error listed below. As you can see the > root cause is RTIFilter.java line 67. This line has the following code: > > next.doFilter(request, response); > > Any idea why that NullPointerException exception would occur? > If the "next" variable were null when this statement was executed, you'd get an NPE. But, according to your stack trace, that is *not* where the NPE actually happened -- it's at line 172 of FrontController, in the doProcess() method. > Thanks, > Manav. > Craig > ==================== > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > com.bsil.rti.controller.FrontController.doProcess(FrontController.java:172) > at com.bsil.rti.controller.FrontController.doPost(FrontController.java:140) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application > FilterChain.java:247) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh > ain.java:193) > at com.bsil.rti.filter.RTIFilter.doFilter(RTIFilter.java:67) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application > FilterChain.java:213) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh > ain.java:193) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja > va:260) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok > eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja > va:191) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok > eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 > ) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok > eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) > at > org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. > java:170) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok > eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) > at > org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172 > ) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok > eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java > :174) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok > eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) > at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) > at > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:432) > at > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConne > ction(Http11Protocol.java:386) > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534) > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav > a:530) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]