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)
>
>
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