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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17051 LogerFactory NullPointerException/ClassNotFoundException Summary: LogerFactory NullPointerException/ClassNotFoundException Product: Tomcat 4 Version: 4.1.18 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Catalina AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is a Classpath Problem with the LogerFactory when trying to use the JK2 Connector. The Exception occurs on startup Either one gets a NullPointerExeption export JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx64M -Xss512k -Xbootclasspath/a:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14/common/lib/commons-logging-api.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14/server/lib/commons-logging.jar" andi@ibh03:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14/bin> catalina.sh run Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14 Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14/temp Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/java org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.newFactory(LogFactory.java:558) at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getFactory(LogFactory.java:355) at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:409) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.<init>(Digester.java:345) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.createStartDigester(Catalina.java:280) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:441) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) 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:324) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.newFactory(LogFactory.java:543) ... 12 more or if the common-loging*.jar files are not added to the BootClasspath and left in their default directories (common/lib resp. server/lib) one gets: [Loaded org.apache.jk.apr.AprImpl from /opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14/bin/tomcat-jni.jar] 13.02.2003 16:38:45 org.apache.jk.server.JkMain newHandler SERVE: Can't create apr java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory at org.apache.jk.apr.AprImpl.<clinit>(AprImpl.java:340) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:140) at org.apache.jk.server.JkMain.newHandler(JkMain.java:556) at org.apache.jk.server.JkMain.start(JkMain.java:341) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.start(JkCoyoteHandler.java:169) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector.start(CoyoteConnector.java:1056) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:506) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2189) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:512) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) 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:324) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) If one creates a verbose output of what happens in the last case ( the ClassNotFoundException) one finds the following: ---- ... [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.SetRootRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.FactoryCreateRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.CallParamRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.CallMethodRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.BeanPropertySetterRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.Rules] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.SetPropertiesRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.digester.ObjectCreateRule] [Loaded org.apache.commons.collections.ArrayStack] [Loaded org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory] [Loaded org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException] ... Apache Tomcat/4.1.18-LE-jdk14 [Loaded org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineMapper] [Loaded org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve] [Loaded java.io.StringWriter from /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.1_01/jre/lib/rt.jar] [Loaded sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor7] [Loaded org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve] [Loaded javax.servlet.ServletRequest] [Loaded javax.servlet.ServletResponse] [Loaded org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostMapper] [Dynamic-linking native method java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend ... JNI] [Loaded org.apache.jk.apr.AprImpl from /opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18-LE-jdk14/bin/tomcat-jni.jar] 13.02.2003 16:38:45 org.apache.jk.server.JkMain newHandler SERVE: Can't create apr java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory at org.apache.jk.apr.AprImpl.<clinit>(AprImpl.java:340) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) ... ---- The Class LogFactory was allready found when used by the Digester if it comes to loading the AprImpl class suddenly the LogerFactroy can't be found any longer. The used java version is: java full version "1.4.1_01-b01" Operating System: Linux version 2.4.10-4GB (root@ibh03) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)) #1 Sam Feb 16 15:05:16 CET 2002 Something similar happens when trying to use the current released version of log4j. Putting log4j.jar into the common/lib directory gives a NullPointerException putting it into $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext gives the ClassNotFoundException from above. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]