i deploy axis along with my web service application inside a war-file to tomcat 5.1.15 through tomcat manager using ant. all libs that axis and my application are depending on are already installed in tomcat/common/lib in order to minimize upload time when deploying.

each time i deploy the war file axis throws a NullPointerException and tomcat has to be restarted in order to make axis function properly. i have been struggling with this for months and i am pretty fed up with restarting tomcat for every little change i make. :-)

i get one error before the NullPointerException, which tells me that it 'has no functional impact'. thus i might be looking for answers in the wrong place when reading :[ http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/integration-guide.html#Configuration ]

please advise.

/johan

see stack trace below:

08:45:54,127 INFO AprLifecycleListener:86 - The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: /usr/local/jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/client:/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386:/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_05/jre/../lib/i386 08:45:54,727 INFO Http11BaseProtocol:147 - Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
08:45:54,737  INFO Catalina:511 - Initialization processed in 4227 ms
08:45:55,636  INFO StandardService:442 - Starting service Catalina
08:45:55,678 INFO StandardEngine:431 - Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.15
08:45:55,752  INFO StandardHost:716 - XML validation disabled
08:46:03,811 INFO Http11BaseProtocol:159 - Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
08:46:04,612  INFO ChannelSocket:374 - JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
08:46:04,714  INFO JkMain:343 - Jk running ID=0 time=0/260  config=null
08:46:04,934 INFO StoreLoader:229 - Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource
08:46:05,331  INFO Catalina:559 - Server startup in 10592 ms
09:32:03,339 INFO [/manager]:638 - Manager: init: Associated with Deployer 'Catalina:type=Deployer,host=localhost' 09:32:03,370 INFO [/manager]:638 - Manager: init: Global resources are available 09:32:03,448 INFO [/manager]:638 - Manager: undeploy: Undeploying web application at '/axis'
09:32:03,656  INFO HostConfig:1017 - Undeploying context [/axis]
09:32:03,754 INFO [/manager]:638 - Manager: deploy: Deploying web application at '/axis' 09:32:03,759 INFO [/manager]:638 - Manager: Uploading WAR file to /home/ergo/kat/webapps/axis.war 09:32:03,896 INFO HostConfig:783 - Deploying web application archive axis.war 09:32:04,521 INFO WebappClassLoader:1823 - Illegal access: this web application instance has been stopped already. Could not load META-INF/services/org.apache.axis.EngineConfigurationFactory. The eventual following stack trace is caused by an error thrown for debugging purposes as well as to attempt to terminate the thread which caused the illegal access, and has no functional impact.
09:32:04,541 ERROR [/axis]:667 - StandardWrapper.Throwable
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findResources(WebappClassLoader.java:962)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:1015)
at org.apache.commons.discovery.jdk.JDK12Hooks.getResources(JDK12Hooks.java:150) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.DiscoverResources$1.getNextResources(DiscoverResources.java:153) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.DiscoverResources$1.getNextResource(DiscoverResources.java:129) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.DiscoverResources$1.hasNext(DiscoverResources.java:116) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.DiscoverNamesInFile$1.getNextClassNames(DiscoverNamesInFile.java:186) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.DiscoverNamesInFile$1.getNextClassName(DiscoverNamesInFile.java:170) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.DiscoverNamesInFile$1.hasNext(DiscoverNamesInFile.java:157) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.NameDiscoverers$1.getNextIterator(NameDiscoverers.java:143) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.NameDiscoverers$1.hasNext(NameDiscoverers.java:126) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.classes.ResourceClassDiscoverImpl$1.getNextResource(ResourceClassDiscoverImpl.java:159) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.classes.ResourceClassDiscoverImpl$1.hasNext(ResourceClassDiscoverImpl.java:147) at org.apache.axis.configuration.EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder$1.run(EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder.java:120)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.apache.axis.configuration.EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder.newFactory(EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder.java:113) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.getEngineEnvironment(AxisServletBase.java:273) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.getEngine(AxisServletBase.java:172) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.getOption(AxisServletBase.java:396) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.init(AxisServletBase.java:112)
   at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3915) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4176) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:804)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:497)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1195)
   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:585)
at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.DynamicMetaDataImpl.invoke(DynamicMetaDataImpl.java:213)
   at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MetaDataImpl.invoke(MetaDataImpl.java:220)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:815) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:784) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1377) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.deploy(ManagerServlet.java:636) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.doPut(ManagerServlet.java:423)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:712)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:667) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
09:32:05,058 ERROR [/axis]:3917 - Servlet /axis threw load() exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findResources(WebappClassLoader.java:962)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:1015)
at org.apache.commons.discovery.jdk.JDK12Hooks.getResources(JDK12Hooks.java:150) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.DiscoverResources$1.getNextResources(DiscoverResources.java:153) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.DiscoverResources$1.getNextResource(DiscoverResources.java:129) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.DiscoverResources$1.hasNext(DiscoverResources.java:116) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.DiscoverNamesInFile$1.getNextClassNames(DiscoverNamesInFile.java:186) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.DiscoverNamesInFile$1.getNextClassName(DiscoverNamesInFile.java:170) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.DiscoverNamesInFile$1.hasNext(DiscoverNamesInFile.java:157) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.NameDiscoverers$1.getNextIterator(NameDiscoverers.java:143) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.names.NameDiscoverers$1.hasNext(NameDiscoverers.java:126) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.classes.ResourceClassDiscoverImpl$1.getNextResource(ResourceClassDiscoverImpl.java:159) at org.apache.commons.discovery.resource.classes.ResourceClassDiscoverImpl$1.hasNext(ResourceClassDiscoverImpl.java:147) at org.apache.axis.configuration.EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder$1.run(EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder.java:120)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.apache.axis.configuration.EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder.newFactory(EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder.java:113) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.getEngineEnvironment(AxisServletBase.java:273) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.getEngine(AxisServletBase.java:172) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.getOption(AxisServletBase.java:396) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.init(AxisServletBase.java:112)
   at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:211)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3915) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4176) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:804)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:497)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1195)
   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:585)
at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.DynamicMetaDataImpl.invoke(DynamicMetaDataImpl.java:213)
   at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MetaDataImpl.invoke(MetaDataImpl.java:220)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:815) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:784) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1377) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.deploy(ManagerServlet.java:636) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.doPut(ManagerServlet.java:423)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:712)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:667) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)


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