Null pointer exception

[Gary Browne]

Hi All

 

Thanks very much for your help with indexing setup.

 

I should elucidate my directory/file setup just to check that I have
everything in the right place.

 

I have running under $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps the solr directory containing
admin, WEB-INF and META-INF directories.

 

Under my web root I have the solr directory containing the bin, conf and
data directories.

 

I have tried indexing from the exampledocs which is just sitting in my
user home directory but now I get a null pointer exception after
running:

 

./post.sh solr.xml

 

Can anyone offer advice on this please? (I've attached the trace for
reference)

 

Thanks again

Gary

 

 

 

Gary Browne
Development Programmer
Library IT Services
University of Sydney
Australia
ph: 61-2-9351 5946 

 


May 14, 2007 1:17:34 PM org.apache.solr.core.SolrException log
SEVERE: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.update(SolrCore.java:716)
        at 
org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrUpdateServlet.doPost(SolrUpdateServlet.java:53)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
        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.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$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

May 14, 2007 1:17:34 PM org.apache.solr.core.SolrException log
SEVERE: Exception during commit/optimize:java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.update(SolrCore.java:763)
        at 
org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrUpdateServlet.doPost(SolrUpdateServlet.java:53)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
        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.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)