Assalamoalikum Dear this is due to the variable which you wants to prints its value but value is not yet assigned. So check out the variables defined in your jsp page or servlet.Generally some variables value depends on the request .We extract the parameter from request object and assigned that value to variables defined locally and then process those variables but while processing (eg parsing the value of variable) the variable such exception rises. So please check out the value of variables before processing it.I hope this will help you to clear the bug which you face frequently...
-----Original Message----- From: Rameez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 6:19 PM To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: problem Does anyone know why the following could occur? It happens not infrequently with our software. This happens in Tomcat 4. Thanks in advance for any help. regards, Rameez java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteRequestFacade.setAttribute(CoyoteRequestFaca de.java:234) at com.itanetworks.spammarshall.webfront.servlet.helper.AdminWorker._$41797(Adm inWorker.java:2669) at com.itanetworks.spammarshall.webfront.servlet.helper.AdminWorker.processRequ est(AdminWorker.java:4298) at com.itanetworks.spammarshall.webfront.servlet.FrontController._$42178(FrontC ontroller.java:55) at com.itanetworks.spammarshall.webfront.servlet.FrontController.doGet(FrontCon troller.java:33) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve..j ava:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve..j ava:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(CertificatesValve.java:2 46) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:432) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConne ction(Http11Protocol.java:386) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav a:530) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended for the addressee only and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If this email has been sent to you in error, please notify us immediately. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]