Bug 41112 - FacesServlet,init() method throws an exception: NullPointerException
Summary: FacesServlet,init() method throws an exception: NullPointerException
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Tomcat 5
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Servlet & JSP API (show other bugs)
Version: 5.5.20
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P1 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tomcat Developers Mailing List
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Reported: 2006-12-06 01:05 UTC by szczypior
Modified: 2006-12-09 20:49 UTC (History)
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Description szczypior 2006-12-06 01:05:50 UTC 
I deploy a simple JSF app in Eclipse + WTP (newest version). JSF is the Sun RI
1.1_01, and I do everything as in the tutorial here:
http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/jsf/dev_resource/JSFTutorial-RC3/JSFTools_tutorial.html
FacesServlet has a property <load-at-startup> set to 1, and when I start the
Tomcat server, I get the exception:
SEVERE: StandardWrapper.Throwable
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:144)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3951)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4225)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
2006-12-06 09:42:08 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext loadOnStartup
SEVERE: Servlet /test threw load() exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:144)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3951)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4225)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
2006-12-06 09:42:08 org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
SEVERE: StandardWrapper.Throwable
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:144)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3951)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4225)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:904)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:867)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:474)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
	at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
2006-12-06 09:42:08 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext loadOnStartup
SEVERE: Servlet /Test threw load() exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:144)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3951)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4225)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:904)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:867)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:474)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
	at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)

After that I, of course, can't start the application.

After many many downloads of JSF, I tried a different version of Tomcat and the
results are (using the same version of Commonsh (4 jars shipped with JSF, JSF
1.1_01 and JSTL 1.1 latest nightly-build):
- works for 5.5.16
- works for 5.5.17
- crashes for 5.5.20

Works means that the server starts without any errors, and the application
starts and works.
There must be some issue with Tomcat 5.5.20 distribution, haven't tested with
6.x yet.
Thanks.
Comment 1 Mark Thomas 2006-12-06 17:59:43 UTC 
Please provide a test WAR that demonstrates this issue since a simple test case
works for me.
Comment 2 Mark Thomas 2006-12-09 20:49:26 UTC 
I am resolving this based on my testing. If you have a valid test case that
demonstrates this issue, please re-open.