Message-resources needs to come AFTER action-mappings according to dtd. You should be getting errors from your container about it.
-----Original Message----- From: Bernd Prager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: retrieveMessageResources: NullPointerException After days of reading tons of docs and searching the mail archive I feel kind of stupid right now. I know this question came up a couple of times but I didn't find the answer. Here I am and hope you can help me: I try to use the bean:message tags and my index.jsp fails with: --- snip ------------------- Dec 2, 2004 11:47:42 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.struts.taglib.TagUtils.retrieveMessageResources(TagUtils.java :1219) at org.apache.struts.taglib.TagUtils.message(TagUtils.java:1082) at org.apache.struts.taglib.bean.MessageTag.doStartTag(MessageTag.java:226) at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_bean_message_0(org.apache.jsp.index_ jsp:135) at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_html_html_0(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp :102) at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:71) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.ja va:325) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:245) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica tionFilterChain.java:237) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt erChain.java:157) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValv e.java:214) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValv e.java:178) 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:1 48) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:82 5) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processC onnection(Http11Protocol.java:731) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint .java:526) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollow erWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool .java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) --- snip ------------------- I have following index.jsp: --- snip ------------------- <%@ page language="java" %> <%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-bean" prefix="bean" %> <%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-html" prefix="html" %> <%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-logic" prefix="logic" %> <html:html locale="true"> <head> <title><bean:message bundle="text" key="index.title" /></title> <html:base/> </head> <body> test </body> </html:html> --- snip ------------------- My struts-config.xml is: --- snip ------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Struts Configuration 1.2//EN" "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_2.dtd";> <struts-config> <message-resources key="text" parameter="ApplicationResources" null="false" /> <action-mappings> <action path="/index" forward="/index.jsp"> </action> </action-mappings> </struts-config> --- snip ------------------- I do have ApplicationResources.properties in webapps\app\WEB-INF\classes And struts-config.xml in webapps\app\WEB-INF, also in webapps\app\WEB-INF\lib: commons-beanutils.jar commons-digester.jar commons-logging.jar jakarta-oro.jar commons-collections.jar commons-fileupload.jar commons-validator.jar struts.jar All files are readable to all users. I think something is wrong with my struts-config file. I read that the message bundle might not be available yet when I invoke index.jsp directly. I that the cause of my problem? Thanks for any help. -- Bernd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************************** This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, Please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. **************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
