log4j stack trace

2005-12-07 Thread Jeff Drew
My application had an error in the log4j code. It is likely a problem in my code, but I'd appreciate any insights into what this particular error implies. This code has been running for quite without seeing this error. java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.String.intern()Ljava.lang.St

Re: log4j stack trace

2005-12-07 Thread James Stauffer
My first guess is that you are calling Logger.getLogger(null) On 12/7/05, Jeff Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My application had an error in the log4j code. It is likely a problem in my > code, but I'd appreciate any insights into what this particular error > implies. This code has been runn

Re: log4j stack trace

2005-12-07 Thread Nicolas De Loof
your Nullpointer is thrown in CategoryKey constructor : CategoryKey(String name) { this.name = name; >hashCache = name.hashCode(); } This sounds like you try to create a logger with a null category name. To avoid this, you may use the class to build your loggers : private static Logger

Re: log4j stack trace

2005-12-07 Thread Jeff Drew
I use a String as the argument. It's crude, but I thought it would never break. static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("LoggerName"); Is it possible for the String to become null? On 12/7/05, Nicolas De Loof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > your Nullpointer is thrown in CategoryKey con

Re: log4j stack trace

2005-12-07 Thread James Stauffer
I don't know of any way that could happen. :-/ On 12/7/05, Jeff Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use a String as the argument. It's crude, but I thought it would never > break. > > static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("LoggerName"); > > Is it possible for the String to become null? >