The release downloads have moved since 1.2, so the documentation with
that release is out of date.  Downloads can now be found here:

http://velocity.apache.org/download.cgi

Please do upgrade first.  The toolbox manager was much improved
between 1.1 and 1.2 and further so between 1.2 and the
soon-to-be-released 1.3.

On 1/29/07, Travis Bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The Digester version I was using is unclear, but I'm sure it's a year or
two old.  It's from before the time the version number was in the name
of the jar file.  I updated Digester to the current version (1.8) and
tried again, with basically the same results:

Mon Jan 29 12:50:50 PST 2007  [error] Problem loading toolbox
'/conf/QAStoolbox.xml' : java.lang.NullPointerException
Mon Jan 29 12:50:50 PST 2007  [error] java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:3181)
        at
org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:3207)
        at
org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1225)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:633)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1241)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl
$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1685)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:368)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:834)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:148)
        at
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1242)
        at
org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1765)
        at
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.XMLToolboxManager.load(XMLToolboxManager.java:148)
        at
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.ServletToolboxManager.getInstance(ServletToolboxManager.java:172)
        at
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.initToolbox(VelocityViewServlet.java:231)
        at
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.init(VelocityViewServlet.java:174)
        at
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityLayoutServlet.init(VelocityLayoutServlet.java:147)
        at
com.myrio.qa.qas.setup.SetupServlet.init(SetupServlet.java:24)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105)


My Velocity tools is on 1.1.  I see there is a link to a released 1.2
version of velocity tools on the Velocity website:

http://velocity.apache.org/tools/releases/velocity-tools-1.2/index.html

I'm willing to upgrade, but the download link is currently broken.



-Travis




On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 12:32 -0800, Nathan Bubna wrote:
> what versions of VelocityTools and Digester are you using?
>
> On 1/29/07, Travis Bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi All!
> >
> >
> > I'm having a problem with the Velocity Layout Servlet failing to load
> > the toolbox when a certain tool is configured in.  From the sound of it,
> > it would seem like this would be a simple problem to fix, but I have
> > been looking at this for a while without finding an obvious solution.
> >
> >
> > Here is the toolbox xml file (conf/QAStoolbox.xml), with the offending
> > tool commented out:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <!-- toolbox for the servlet that handles the 'QAS look-and-feel'
> > templates -->
> > <toolbox>
> >
> >     <tool>
> >         <key>setup</key>
> >         <scope>request</scope>
> >         <class>com.myrio.qa.qas.setup.SetupUI</class>
> >     </tool>
> > <!--
> >     <tool>
> >         <key>npvr</key>
> >         <scope>request</scope>
> >         <class>com.myrio.qa.qas.npvr.NPVRUI</class>
> >     </tool>
> > -->
> >     <tool>
> >         <key>callerid</key>
> >         <scope>request</scope>
> >         <class>com.myrio.qa.qas.callerID.CallerIDUI</class>
> >     </tool>
> >
> >     <tool>
> >         <key>conapi</key>
> >         <scope>session</scope>
> >         <class>com.myrio.qa.qas.conAPI.FeederUI</class>
> >     </tool>
> >
> >     <tool>
> >         <key>wallet</key>
> >         <scope>request</scope>
> >         <class>com.myrio.qa.qas.wallet.WalletUI</class>
> >     </tool>
> >
> >     <tool>
> >         <key>params</key>
> >         <scope>request</scope>
> >
> > <class>org.apache.velocity.tools.view.tools.ParameterParser</class>
> >     </tool>
> >
> >     <tool>
> >         <key>map</key>
> >         <scope>request</scope>
> >         <class>java.util.HashMap</class>
> >     </tool>
> >
> > </toolbox>
> >
> >
> > With the above config file, everything is is more or less fine.   Below
> > is the velocity log from using the above config:
> >
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] Velocimacro : initialization
> > complete.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] Velocity successfully started.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] ServletToolboxManager: Using
> > config file '/conf/QAStoolbox.xml'
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007  [debug] XMLToolboxManager: Loading
> > toolbox...
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007  [debug] XMLToolboxManager: Toolbox loaded.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] ServletToolboxManager: Toolbox
> > setup complete.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] VelocityViewServlet: Default
> > content-type is: text/html
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] VelocityLayoutServlet: Error
> > screen is 'Error.vm'
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] VelocityLayoutServlet: Layout
> > directory is './'        <scope>request</scope>
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] VelocityLayoutServlet: Default
> > layout template is 'LayoutMain.vm'
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] VelocityViewServlet: Custom
> > Properties File: /conf/velocity.properties
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] ServletToolboxManager: Using
> > config file '/conf/genericToolbox.xml'
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007  [debug] XMLToolboxManager: Loading
> > toolbox...
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [warn] ServletToolboxManager: Unknown
> > scope 'null' - wallet will be request scoped.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [warn] ServletToolboxManager: Unknown
> > scope 'null' - map will be request scoped.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007  [debug] XMLToolboxManager: Toolbox loaded.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] ServletToolboxManager: Toolbox
> > setup complete.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:18:03 PST 2007   [info] VelocityViewServlet: Default
> > content-type is: text/html
> >
> >
> > When I uncomment the 'npvr' tool, the toolbox fails to load, which
> > breaks the web app.  It's hard for me to interpret the stack trace.  It
> > looks like an xml parsing error, but the XML in the config file seems
> > fine.  The com.myrio.qa.qas.npvr.NPVRUI class is verified to be present
> > along with the other classes in the WEB-INF directory.  Here's the
> > velocity log from when the toolbox fails to load:
> >
> > Mon Jan 29 11:28:02 PST 2007   [info] Velocimacro : initialization
> > complete.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:28:02 PST 2007   [info] Velocity successfully started.
> > Mon Jan 29 11:28:02 PST 2007   [info] ServletToolboxManager: Using
> > config file '/conf/QAStoolbox.xml'
> > Mon Jan 29 11:28:02 PST 2007  [debug] XMLToolboxManager: Loading
> > toolbox...
> > Mon Jan 29 11:28:02 PST 2007  [error] Problem loading toolbox
> > '/conf/QAStoolbox.xml' : java.lang.NullPointerException
> > Mon Jan 29 11:28:02 PST 2007  [error] java.lang.NullPointerException
> >         at
> > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2540)
> >         at
> > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2566)
> >         at
> > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1061)
> >         at
> > 
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:633)
> >         at
> > 
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1241)
> >         at
> > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl
> > 
$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1685)
> >         at
> > 
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:368)
> >         at
> > 
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:834)
> >         at
> > 
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764)
> >         at
> > 
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:148)
> >         at
> > 
com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1242)
> >         at
> > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1567)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.XMLToolboxManager.load(XMLToolboxManager.java:148)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.ServletToolboxManager.getInstance(ServletToolboxManager.java:172)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.initToolbox(VelocityViewServlet.java:231)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.init(VelocityViewServlet.java:174)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityLayoutServlet.init(VelocityLayoutServlet.java:147)
> >         at
> > com.myrio.qa.qas.setup.SetupServlet.init(SetupServlet.java:24)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3951)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4225)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
> >         at
> > 
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
> >         at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
> >         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> >         at
> > 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> >         at
> > 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> >         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
> >         at
> > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > -Travis
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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