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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21822 Placing a Valve inside a Context gives Null Pointer Exception... Summary: Placing a Valve inside a Context gives Null Pointer Exception... Product: Tomcat 5 Version: 5.0.4 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: Other Component: Catalina AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This was working in Tomcat 4.1.18, but is not working in 5.0.3 and 5.0.4 Placing a Valve inside the Context for admin.xml as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------- <Context path="/admin" docBase="../server/webapps/admin" debug="0" privileged="true"> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" prefix="localhost_admin_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/> <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestDumperValve"/> </Context> ------------------------------------------------------------------- gives following Null Pointer Exception: Jul 23, 2003 10:08:42 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Installing web application from Config file URL file:D:\Tomcat5.0.4 \jakarta-tomcat-5\build\conf\Catalina\localhost\admin.xml Jul 23, 2003 10:08:43 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline registerValve INFO: Can't register valve RequestDumperValve[/admin] java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase.createObjectName (ValveBase.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.registerValve (StandardPipeline.java:357) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.addValve (StandardPipeline.java:492) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addValve (ContainerBase.java:1306) 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.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod (MethodUtils.java:252) at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:256) at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:276) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1058) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1536) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.content(Parser2.java:1779) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1507) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parseInternal(Parser2.java:500) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parse(Parser2.java:305) at org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.parse(XMLReaderImpl.java:442) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1567) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install (StandardHostDeployer.java:515) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:869) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors (HostConfig.java:519) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps (HostConfig.java:470) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:920) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent (HostConfig.java:399) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent (LifecycleSupport.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1135) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:795) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1127) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start (StandardEngine.java:502) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start (StandardService.java:519) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start (StandardServer.java:2312) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:577) 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.start(Bootstrap.java:297) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:394) Jul 23, 2003 10:08:43 AM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources <init> INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.util.LocalStrings', returnNull=true ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Got same exception when placed a Context having a Valve inside server.xml. Placing a Valve inside a Host seems to work fine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]