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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5597 NullPointerException if web.xml not in particular order Summary: NullPointerException if web.xml not in particular order Product: Tomcat 4 Version: 4.0.1 Beta 1 Platform: Sun OS/Version: Solaris Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Webapps AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If, when configuring a servlet, the order of the elements is incorrect, you get a NullPointerException in XmlMapper.java and a somewhat confusing message to the console (stdout/stderr). web.xml has: <servlet> <servlet-name>myservlet</servlet-name> <init-param> <param-name>aParam</param-name> <param-value>and its value</param-value> </init-param> <servlet-class>com.myco.some.ClassName</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup> </servlet> If I put the servlet-class definition before the init-param then everything is fine. In localhost_log I have: 2001-12-27 14:05:00 ContextConfig[/xigole] Parse error in application web.xml java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.catalina.util.xml.XmlMapper.readXml(XmlMapper.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationConfig(ContextConfig.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:824) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:224) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:155) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1131) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3334) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:785) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:454) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:712) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:599) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:777) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:463) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:155) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1131) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:612) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1123) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:388) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:505) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:776) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:681) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243) 2001-12-27 14:05:00 ContextConfig[/xigole]: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) and the console has: ERROR reading java.io.ByteArrayInputStream@60f2f6 At The content of element type "servlet" must match "(icon?,servlet-name,display-name?,description?,(servlet-class|jsp-file),init-param*,load-on-startup?,security-role-ref*)". Starting service Tomcat-Apache Apache Tomcat/4.0.1 O/S is: SunOS turtle 5.8 Generic_108528-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Java is: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_01, mixed mode) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
