> From: Dan Armbrust [mailto:daniel.armbrust.l...@gmail.com]
> Subject: Re: How to debug Error: listenerStart?
> 
> Why doesn't tomcat log a stack trace

It does, in the log associated with the <Host> of interest:

Apr 1, 2009 4:58:44 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart
SEVERE: Exception starting filter Path Mapped Filter
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: filters.ExampleFilter
        at 
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:249)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:397)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:108)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3709)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4363)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:926)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:889)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:492)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
        at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
        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:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)

> Any thoughts on if this is a bug, a specific problem with 
> my tomcat installation, or a design decision that I don't 
> agree with?

It's simply your failure to look in the appropriate log file, rather than the 
console.

 - Chuck


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