C# .Net 2.0

[Randall Svancara]

I am struggling to implement Ibatis in a windows based application.  I 
have followed the NPetShop tutorial as an example.  I have no problem 
implementing IBatis in my Java based applicaitons. 

I keep recieving an error:

System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 
'Test.Service.RecruiterService' threw an exception. ---> 
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance 
of an object.
  at Test.Service.RecruiterService..ctor() in 
C:\source\TEST\TEST\Test.Service\RecruiterService.cs:line 47
  at Test.Service.RecruiterService..cctor() in 
C:\source\TEST\TEST\Test.Service\RecruiterService.cs:line 17
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at Test.Service.RecruiterService.GetInstance()
  at Test.Client.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in 
C:\source\TEST\TEST\Test.Client\Form1.cs:line 32
A first chance exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' 
occurred in Test.Client.exe
The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0xadc) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0x35c) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0xf1c) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The program '[2424] Test.Client.exe: Managed' has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The program '[2424] Test.Client.exe: Native' has exited with code 0 (0x0).
My guess, based on the error is something is not being initialized 
properly.  I have implemented a dao.config, a SqlMap.config, 
providers.config and I have a Recruiter.xml.

All these files are placed into the Debug directory from which the 
application executes from.

dao.config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<daoConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
   xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="DaoConfig.xsd">

 <context name="SqlMapDao">
   <daoSessionHandler name="SqlMap">
     <property name="sqlMapConfigFile" value="sqlMap.config"/>
   </daoSessionHandler>

   <!-- ==== Sql Server : SqlClient configuration ========= -->
       <database>
           <provider name="sqlServer1.1"/>
         <dataSource name="SummitExecProd" connectionString="data 
source=(local)\NetSDK;database=test;user 
id=sa;password=dofa7h;connection reset=false;connection lifetime=5; min 
pool size=1; max pool size=50"/>
       </database>

   <daoFactory assembly="NPetshop.Persistence.dll">
     <dao name="Recruiter"
               
implementation="Test.Persistence.MapperDao.Recruiter.RecruiterSqlMapDao"/>
   </daoFactory>
 </context>

</daoConfig>


sqlMap.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<sqlMapConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
   xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="SqlMapConfig.xsd">
   <settings>
       <setting useStatementNamespaces="false"/>
       <setting cacheModelsEnabled="true"/>
   </settings>
          
   <!-- ==== SqlClient configuration =========    -->
   <!-- Optional ( default ) -->
   <!-- Rem : If used with a Dao it will be ignored -->
   <database>
       <provider name="sqlServer1.1"/>
       <dataSource name="SummitExecProd" connectionString="data 
source=(local)\NetSDK;database=test;user 
id=sa;password=dofa7h;connection reset=false;connection lifetime=5; min 
pool size=1; max pool size=50"/>
   </database>

   <sqlMaps>
       <sqlMap resource="Maps\Recruiter.xml"/>

   </sqlMaps>
  
</sqlMapConfig>


I have created the Service, Persistance and Domain classes just like the 
NPetshop example.  In the ServiceConfig.cs , the instance.daoManager is 
null.  How can I tell what is causing this error.  How do I enable more 
verbose logging for debugging purposes.

Thanks,

Randall