2016-11-03 16:43:56,508 ajp-172.18.8.1-8009-2 ERROR An exception occurred processing Appender FILE java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy.loadClass(ThrowableProxy.java:559) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy.loadClass(ThrowableProxy.java:550) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy.toExtendedStackTrace(ThrowableProxy.java:660) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy.(ThrowableProxy.java:137) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy.(ThrowableProxy.java:121) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.MutableLogEvent.getThrownProxy(MutableLogEvent.java:329) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter.format(ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter.java:61) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.PatternFormatter.format(PatternFormatter.java:38) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout$PatternSerializer.toSerializable(PatternLayout.java:294) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.toText(PatternLayout.java:195) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.encode(PatternLayout.java:180) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.encode(PatternLayout.java:57) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractOutputStreamAppender.directEncodeEvent(AbstractOutputStreamAppender.java:176) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractOutputStreamAppender.tryAppend(AbstractOutputStreamAppender.java:169) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractOutputStreamAppender.append(AbstractOutputStreamAppender.java:160) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender.append(RollingFileAppender.java:281) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.tryCallAppender(AppenderControl.java:156) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.callAppender0(AppenderControl.java:129) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.callAppenderPreventRecursion(AppenderControl.java:120) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.callAppender(AppenderControl.java:84) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.callAppenders(LoggerConfig.java:447) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.processLogEvent(LoggerConfig.java:432) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.log(LoggerConfig.java:416) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.logParent(LoggerConfig.java:438) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.processLogEvent(LoggerConfig.java:433) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.log(LoggerConfig.java:416) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.logParent(LoggerConfig.java:438) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.processLogEvent(LoggerConfig.java:433) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.log(LoggerConfig.java:416) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.log(LoggerConfig.java:402) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy.log(AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy.java:63) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger.logMessage(Logger.java:146) at org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.logMessageSafely(AbstractLogger.java:2091) at org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.logMessage(AbstractLogger.java:1988) at org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.logIfEnabled(AbstractLogger.java:1960) at org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLogger.error(Log4jLogger.java:319) ....