My RemoteHostValve config is causing a NPE when my app deploys, and I can't figure out why. It seems to be that the class can't be found, but the tomcat-optional.jar w/ the class is in the standard /server/lib dir.
I'm using Tomcat 5.5.25 (OS X) and 5.5.20 (linux) and am getting the same error on both. The Valve is defined in my app's context.xml as so: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context ...> <Resource ... /> <Valve classname="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteHostValve" allow="localhost"/> </Context> The error message in catalina.out I'm getting after adding the valve: Jan 9, 2008 9:40:35 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester startElement SEVERE: Begin event threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:273) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:205) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:153) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1276) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:533) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(AbstractXMLDocumentParser.java:220) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:872) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1693) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:368) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:834) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:148) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1242) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1562) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig(ContextConfig.java:782) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.contextConfig(ContextConfig.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.init(ContextConfig.java:987) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:279) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5071) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3984) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:626) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:553) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:488) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1206) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:293) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1306) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1570) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1579) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1559) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613) Jan 9, 2008 9:40:35 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig processContextConfig SEVERE: Parse error in context.xml for /SumProgAdmin java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2726) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2752) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1279) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:533) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(AbstractXMLDocumentParser.java:220) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:872) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1693) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:368) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:834) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:148) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1242) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1562) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig(ContextConfig.java:782) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.contextConfig(ContextConfig.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.init(ContextConfig.java:987) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:279) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5071) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3984) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:626) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:553) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:488) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1206) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:293) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1306) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1570) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1579) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1559) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613) Jan 9, 2008 9:40:35 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig processContextConfig SEVERE: Occurred at line 17 column 21 Jan 9, 2008 9:40:35 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig start SEVERE: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) Jan 9, 2008 9:40:35 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error getConfigured Jan 9, 2008 9:40:35 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/SumProgAdmin] startup failed due to previous errors Thanks for any ideas, Alex -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RemoteHostValve-config-problem-tp14714628p14714628.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. 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