Bug#406780: tomcat5: NullPointerException on loading FacesServlet (JSF)

Marko Randjelovic marel at sbb.co.yu
Sun Jan 14 00:17:08 UTC 2007


Package: tomcat5
Version: 5.0.30-12
Severity: important



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages tomcat5 depends on:
ii  adduser                    3.101         Add and remove users and groups
ii  apache2-utils              2.2.3-3.2     utility programs for webservers
ii  gij [java2-runtime]        4:4.1.1-15    The GNU Java bytecode interpreter
ii  gij-4.1 [java2-runtime]    4.1.1-17      The GNU Java bytecode interpreter
ii  libtomcat5-java            5.0.30-12     Java Servlet engine -- core librar
ii  sun-java5-jre [java2-runti 1.5.0-08-1.1  Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (
ii  sun-java6-jre [java2-runti 6-00-0ubuntu1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (

tomcat5 recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

I copied .jar files from lib directories of jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2.zip and jsf-1_1_01.zip to /usr/share/tomcat5/common/lib. When starting tomcat5, NullPointerException occurs and the application does not work. 

Here is localhost log file.

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2007-01-14 01:08:24 StandardContext[/balancer]org.apache.webapp.balancer.BalancerFilter: init(): ruleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.RuleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.URLStringMatchRule: Target string: News / Redirect URL: http://www.cnn.com], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.RequestParameterRule: Target param name: paramName / Target param value: paramValue / Redirect URL: http://www.yahoo.com], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.AcceptEverythingRule: Redirect URL: http://jakarta.apache.org]]
2007-01-14 01:08:25 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]ContextListener: contextInitialized()
2007-01-14 01:08:25 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]SessionListener: contextInitialized()
2007-01-14 01:08:25 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]ContextListener: contextInitialized()
2007-01-14 01:08:25 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]SessionListener: contextInitialized()
2007-01-14 01:08:25 StandardContext[/Jsf_Ex01]StandardWrapper.Throwable
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:144)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:243)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:517)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:272)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:161)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:114)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1038)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:876)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4017)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4337)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:823)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$0(ContainerBase.java:811)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:143)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:805)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.java:277)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:832)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:701)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:432)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:983)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:349)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1091)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:789)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:478)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2313)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:556)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425)

2007-01-14 01:08:25 StandardContext[/Jsf_Ex01]Servlet /Jsf_Ex01 threw load() exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1085)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:876)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4017)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4337)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:823)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$0(ContainerBase.java:811)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:143)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:805)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.java:277)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:832)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:701)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:432)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:983)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:349)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1091)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:789)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:478)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2313)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:556)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425)
----- Root Cause -----
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:144)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:243)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:517)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:272)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:161)
	at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:114)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1038)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:876)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4017)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4337)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:823)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$0(ContainerBase.java:811)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:143)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:805)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.java:277)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:832)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:701)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:432)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:983)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:349)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1091)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:789)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:478)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2313)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:556)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425)

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