Hi, That piece of code was not changed since 2008 March and the application was working fine with this code more than half year. I can't see any suspicious in that class, maybe you can:
public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain) throws IOException, ServletException { if (isMetadataRequest(request)) { log.info("Metadata request (wsdl/xsd) received, performing synchronization."); synchronized (lock) { filterChain.doFilter(request, response); } } else { filterChain.doFilter(request, response); // row 54 } } private boolean isMetadataRequest(ServletRequest request) { return request.getParameter("wsdl") != null || request.getParameter("WSDL") != null || request.getParameter("xsd") != null; } Cheers, Bertalan Kis -----Original Message----- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: 02 February 2010 12:53 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: NullPointerException in MimeHeaders > From: Bertalan Kis [mailto:bertalan....@razorfish.com] > Subject: RE: NullPointerException in MimeHeaders > > com.dnaO2.openspace.client.filter.MetadataRequestSynchFilter.doFilter > (MetadataRequestSynchFilter.java:54) The above is the spot you should be looking at, since that's the only stack entry for your code. One possible problem is incorrect variable scope, such as using a static or instance variable in a filter or servlet when you should be using a local one. Static and instance variables are shared by all requests, so any concurrent threads using them can trip each other up. The same issue applies to request-specific information being stored in a session while multiple requests are being processed. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org