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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Scott Purcell <sp...@vertisinc.com> on 2002/07/01 16:40:27 UTC

log method showing error:

Hello,
I would like to use the log method to write debug lines to a log file, but I am getting the following errors when trying this. I am running Tomcat/4.0.3 on NT. And when I do a simple log("here is some message.");
I get the following error, when trying to call the servlet with the log() method in my code. If I take out the log() method, the servlet is happy again: 

Could someone advice me on this, or point me to the proper docs.

Sincerely
Scott

type Exception report
message Internal Server Error
description The server encountered an internal error (Internal Server Error) that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception 
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet transform threw exception
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:935)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:653)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:190)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1012)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
root cause 
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.getServletContext(GenericServlet.java:205)
	at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.log(GenericServlet.java:300)
	at transform.init(transform.java:24)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:916)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:653)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:190)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1012)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)



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