I think you can't access a file in a higher level directory than the root one. so, if "/../main.jsp?file=serviceType.jsp" points to a file in the parent dir of the root dir of you app.
-----Mensaje original----- De: Murali Mohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: jueves, 28 de noviembre de 2002 11:03 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Forward giving NullPointer exception Hi the following is part of my code. <% ServletContext context = getServletContext (); RequestDispatcher dispatcher = context.getRequestDispatcher("/../main.jsp?file=serviceType.jsp"); dispatcher.forward(request,response); %> I try to use the code to forward another page I am getting null pointer exception. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
