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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by Filip Hanik <fi...@filip.net> on 2001/01/10 18:54:18 UTC

BUG: weird nullpointer exception

----- Original Message -----
From: "Filip Hanik" <fi...@filip.net>
To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>; <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:13 PM
Subject: BUG?: weird nullpointer exception


> This is why this happens, I figured it out, but I believe it is a bug.
>
> if you add in "activation.jar" in the WEB-INF/lib directory. the files
will
> not get loaded properly by the AdaptiveClassLoader
>
> hence, when you try to execute a servlet in that context the
> AdaptiveClassLoader.repository variable is null.
> since I was under the impression that you should be able to put any jar
> files under WEB-INF/lib I would consider this a bug.
>
> *I'm proud* I figured this out after f***ing around with the source code
for
> a while.
>
> Filip
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Filip Hanik" <fi...@filip.net>
> To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 9:47 PM
> Subject: weird nullpointer exception
>
>
> > Location: /rtx/GreeterBob
> > Internal Servlet Error:
> >
> > java.lang.NullPointerException
> >  at
> >
>
org.apache.tomcat.loader.AdaptiveClassLoader.loadClass(AdaptiveClassLoader.j
> > ava:471)
> >  at
> >
>
org.apache.tomcat.loader.AdaptiveServletLoader.loadClass(AdaptiveServletLoad
> > er.java:174)
> >  at
> >
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.loadServlet(ServletWrapper.java:265)
> >  at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:289)
> >  at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:254)
> >  at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
> >  at
> >
>
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79
> > 7)
> >  at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
> >  at
> >
>
org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC
> > onnectionHandler.java:210)
> >  at
> >
org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
> >  at
> >
org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
> >  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
> >
> > Any idea what this happens?
> >
> > Filip
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Debra Mendelson, CCE
> > To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 12:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: converting mod_jserv to mod_jk
> >
> >
> > Got it working!!!  My correct
> > tomcat-apache.conf:
> >     LoadModule    jk_module  libexec/mod_jk.so
> >     JkWorkersFile /app/conf/workers.properties
> >     JkLogFile     /app/logs/mod_jk.log
> >     JkLogLevel    error
> >
> >     JkMount /servlet1/* servlet1
> >     JkMount /servlet2/* servlet2
> >     JkMount /servlet3/* servlet3
> >     JkMount /servlet4/* servlet4
> >
> > The asterisk was missing and important.
> >
> > I think the difference between one worker and many is a matter of
function
> > not style.
> >
> > In our case we want to have only 1 http server because we want to
purchase
> > only one SSL certificate (and other reasons).  Behind that https server
we
> > want to run several independent servlet engines.  I think the
> > workers.properties is 1:1 with the httpd.conf file and thus needs to
cover
> > all the servlet engines behind the server.
> >
> > Thanks again for the hints and the discussion points.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ed Gomolka
> > To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:46 PM
> > Subject: RE: converting mod_jserv to mod_jk
> >
> >
> > Your code appears to be missing a lot of the context information that is
> > automatically generated in mod_jk.conf-auto.
> > I would recommend that you forget about tomcat-apache.conf, and focus on
> > modifying mod_jk.conf-auto.
> > Also, did you make the startup.sh, shutdown.sh and server.xml changes to
> > support the different Tomcat instances
> > under mod_jk?
> >
> >
> > Beyond that, I can't really say anything. I created individual
> > workers.properties files whre you used one, but that should be more of
> > a style issue than anything else.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Debra Mendelson, CCE [mailto:debram@birthworks.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:47 PM
> > To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: converting mod_jserv to mod_jk
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the advice based on this and rereading the howto I came up
with
> > the following that still doesn't work.  Any ideas?:
> >
> > tomcat-apache.conf:
> >     LoadModule    jk_module  libexec/mod_jk.so
> >     JkWorkersFile /app/conf/workers.properties
> >     JkLogFile     /app/logs/mod_jk.log
> >     JkLogLevel    error
> >
> >     JkMount /servlet1 servlet1
> >     JkMount /servlet2 servlet2
> >     JkMount /servlet3 servlet3
> >     JkMount /servlet4 servlet4
> >
> > /app/conf/workers.properties
> >     worker.list=servlet1, servlet2, servlet3, servlet4
> >     worker.servlet1.port=8009
> >     worker.servlet1.host=localhost
> >     worker.servlet1.type=ajp12
> >
> >     worker.servlet2.port=8017
> >     worker.servlet2.host=localhost
> >     worker.servlet2.type=ajp12
> >
> >     worker.servlet3.port=8012
> >     worker.servlet3.host=localhost
> >     worker.servlet3.type=ajp12
> >
> >     worker.servlet4.port=8013
> >     worker.servlet4.host=localhost
> >     worker.servlet4.type=ajp12
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ed Gomolka
> > To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 10:35 AM
> > Subject: RE: converting mod_jserv to mod_jk
> >
> >
> > I have tried setting up multiple Tomcat instances standalone, but I have
> not
> > tried to connect them to Apache,
> > so I may not be able to help you all the way, but here goes:
> >
> > First, change the port references in the server.xml and
workers.properties
> > files, and rename these files to something else.
> >
> > Next, complete the standalone setup changes. (You will want to run
> > standalone at least once, in order to configure mod_jk.conf-auto.)
> >
> > In order to run standalone, you need to change startup.sh and
shutdown.sh
> to
> > point to the new server.xml file version, as follows:
> >
> >      $BASEDIR/tomcat.sh start -security -config ../conf/server_tst.xml
> "$@"
> >      and:
> >     $BASEDIR/tomcat.sh stop -config ../conf/server_tst.xml "$@"
> >
> > Now, run Tomcat standalone to create the mod_jk.conf-auto file.
> >
> > You can then edit the mod_jk.conf-auto file to point to your new
> > workers.properties file.
> > If you are using AJP13, you will also have to perform additional manual
> > edits in this file, as it is built for AJP12, regardless
> > of what is in the workers.properties file.
> > Finally, rename mod_jk.conf-auto and include it in httpd.conf.
> > =========
> > Now, repeat for your other Tomcat instances.
> >
> > Let me know if this works for you.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Debra Mendelson, CCE [mailto:debram@birthworks.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:03 AM
> > To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > Subject: converting mod_jserv to mod_jk
> >
> >
> > I am trying to run multiple tomcat 3.2 servet engines behind 1 single
> Apache
> > 1.3.14 http server.
> >
> > Using mod_jserv I had the following tomcat-apache.conf file:
> >
> >  LoadModule jserv_module libexec/mod_jserv_tomcat.so
> >       ApJServManual on
> >       ApJServDefaultProtocol ajpv12
> >       ApJServSecretKey DISABLED
> >       ApJServMountCopy on
> >       ApJServLogLevel notice
> >       ApJServDefaultHost localhost
> >       ApJServDefaultPort 8009
> >
> >       ApJServMount /servlet1 ajpv12://localhost:8009/servlet1
> >       ApJServMount /servlet2 ajpv12://localhost:8017/servlet2
> >       ApJServMount /servlet3 ajpv12://localhost:8012/servlet3
> >       ApJServMount /servlet4 ajpv12://localhost:8013/servlet4
> >
> > In looking at the mod_jk.conf-auto auto file I do not see any directive
> that
> > specifies a port number.
> >
> > Does anyone have an example that I can try to immitate?
> >
> > Debra Mendelson
> > debram@birthworks.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
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