Bug 34259

Summary: AIX 5.3 java 1.4.2 got java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Product: Tomcat 5 Reporter: Su <su.halim>
Component: CatalinaAssignee: Tomcat Developers Mailing List <dev>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: major CC: su.halim
Priority: P2    
Version: 5.0.25   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Other   
OS: AIX   

Description Su 2005-04-01 01:40:25 UTC
I am using AIX 5.3 and java version "1.4.2"

and got:
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:85)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:58)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:391)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:247)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:421)
Caused by: javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider null could not 
be instantiated: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance
(SAXParserFactory.java:141)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getFactory(Digester.java:512)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getParser(Digester.java:686)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getXMLReader(Digester.java:902)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Unknown Source)
        ... 7 more
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:85)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:58)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:391)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:247)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:421)
Caused by: javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider null could not 
be instantiated: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance
(SAXParserFactory.java:141)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getFactory(Digester.java:512)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getParser(Digester.java:686)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getXMLReader(Digester.java:902)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Unknown Source)
        ... 7 more

Any idea why?
Comment 1 Ian Darwin 2005-04-01 02:19:55 UTC
I think this line from near the bottom of the stacktrace is the clue that you missed. 

Caused by: javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider null could not 
be instantiated: java.lang.NullPointerException

Please do not post the same bug report twice. At least wait for a response. :-)
Comment 2 Ian Darwin 2005-04-01 02:25:46 UTC
*** Bug 34258 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***