jsp:forward

[Carl <ca...@thesportsregister.com>]

I am not certain this question was posted and since it is important to me, I am sending it again just to be certain.  I apologize in advance if I have cluttered up your inboxes.

I am using Tomcat 4.0 downloaded as part of the Forte 4 download (Java 1.4) running on a Win 2000 computer.  Whenever I use 

<jsp:forward page="/jsp/somepage" />

I get a null pointer error:

2002-08-08 14:29:45 StandardWrapperValve[jsp]: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.catalina.DispatchListener.instanceEvent(DispatchListener.java:65)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.InstanceSupport.fireInstanceEvent(InstanceSupport.java:342)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:712)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:431)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:355)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:409)
        at org.apache.jsp.forward$jsp._jspService(forward$jsp.java:93)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:107)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at org.netbeans.modules.tomcat.tomcat40.runtime.IDEJspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(IDEJspServlet.java:174)
        at org.netbeans.modules.tomcat.tomcat40.runtime.IDEJspServlet.serviceJspFile(IDEJspServlet.java:247)
        at org.netbeans.modules.tomcat.tomcat40.runtime.IDEJspServlet.service(IDEJspServlet.java:339)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
        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:201)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(CertificatesValve.java:246)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
        at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.catalina.MonitorValve.invoke(MonitorValve.java:142)
        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.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2344)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
        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:462)
        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:163)
        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:1011)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1106)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
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I have even tried running the "forward" example (/jsp/forward/forward.jsp) included with the Tomcat distribution and I get the same response.  (Note that I can run any jsp page using Tomcat 3.x.)

Anybody got any ideas?  I have spent two days trying to figure out what I could be doing wrong but haven't been able to remedy the problem.  I prefer to use Tomcat 4.0 as it is integrated with Forte and I am lazy.

Thanks,

Carl Kabbe