Help deploying a webapp in tomcat 4

[viper2003]

I am using tomcat 4.1.24 and I am having problems deploying my webapp I place my application folder under the $CATALINA_HOME/webapps and add the following entry in my server.xml configuration file

<Context path=&quot;/intranet&quot; docBase=&quot;/usr/local/tomcat4/webapps/intranet&quot; debug=&quot;1&quot; reloadable=&quot;true&quot; crossContext=&quot;true&quot;>

<Logger className=&quot;org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger&quot;
prefix=&quot;localhost_intranet_log.&quot; suffix=&quot;.txt&quot; timestamp=&quot;true&quot;/>

</Context>

and I enter

http://localhost:8080/intranet

and I get a big error message. I can see the examples app and execute it fine. If anyone could tell me what I am missing or what I need to do I would really thank you.

javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet jsp threw exception
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:963)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:668)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
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:594)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.processWebDotXml(TldLocationsCache.java:169)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.(TldLocationsCache.java:145)
at org.apache.jasper.EmbededServletOptions.(EmbededServletOptions.java:376)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.init(JspServlet.java:332)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:935)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:668)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
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:594)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

 

[viper2003]

Found the answer to my problem, just in case you are wondering
I had been using this application in tomcat3 and I copied my whole project over to my new server including the WEB-INF/classes folder and there seems to be conflicts with some of the classes there, I removed my classes and it is all working fine, now is just a matter of figuring out which class was causing the problem..

 

[delaro]

I would make life easier and drop an xml file in you webapps directoy.

For example:

Put you web application folder &quot;test&quot; in the webapps dir.

Then put a test.xml with:

<Context path=&quot;/test&quot; docBase=&quot;C:\tomcat4.1\webapps\test&quot; debug=&quot;9&quot; reloadable=&quot;true&quot;>
<Loader checkInterval=&quot;3&quot;/>
<Logger className=&quot;org.apache.catalina.logger.SystemOutLogger&quot; timestamp=&quot;true&quot;/>
</Context>


in the webapps folder.

Then run tomcat, you will see the bat identify the context path on startup

Thanks,
Delaro