[LOGGING-61] contextClassLoader null returned in LogFactory.java

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.2

Environment

Operating System: other
Platform: Other

• Bugzilla Id: 12149
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: steve bryant
• Created: 29/Aug/02 15:28
• Updated: 29/Dec/09 17:00
• Resolved: 29/Dec/09 17:00

Description

I was trying to deploy Axis beta3 on iPlanet 6 and kept getting the following
exception.

lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getFactory(LogFactory.java:326)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:394)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.<clinit>(AxisServlet.java:104)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:232)
at
com.iplanet.server.http.servlet.WServletEntity.loadAndInitServlet(WServletEntity.java:71)
at
com.iplanet.server.http.servlet.WebApplication.service(WebApplication.java:1045)
at
com.iplanet.server.http.servlet.NSServletRunner.ServiceWebApp(NSServletRunner.java:959)

Found another guy getting the same problem that was posting to the Axis mailing
list. Here is a URL to his posts:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg04319.html

He mentioned a hack he did and I did the same and it seemed to fix the problem.
I don't know whether I may have broke something else but my Axis web services
are working fine now...

Here is the hack in LogFactory.java at line 264 in method getFactory():

/sjb - hack to default back/
if(contextClassLoader==null)
{
contextClassLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
}

Cheers...