Running xindice.war in Tomcat - error java.lang.NullPointerException

["Dr. Klemens Waldhör" <Wa...@t-online.de>]

Hi,

I want now to use the embedded version xindice (on Windows XP). I copied
all the files to tomcat/webapps

But when I check in tomcat administration I get:

type Exception report

message 

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented
it from fulfilling this request.

exception 

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at
org.apache.xindice.server.XindiceServlet.doGet(XindiceServlet.java:205)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica
tionFilterChain.java:247)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt
erChain.java:193)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValv
e.java:260)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i
nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4
80)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValv
e.java:191)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i
nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4
80)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:239
7)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java
:180)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i
nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherVa
lve.java:170)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i
nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
	at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java
:171)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i
nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4
80)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.
java:174)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i
nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4
80)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at
org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
	at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:40
5)
	at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processC
onnection(Http11Protocol.java:380)
	at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:50
8)
	at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool
.java:533)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)


Any idea what could be wrong ? Esp. Where do the various directories
need like db etc. have to be created now ?

Klemens