Hi, I'm still somewhat of a Struts newbie, but I figured I'd give some feedback on an error message I've been getting: When the /WEB-INF directory does not contain a struts or tiles configuration file, ActionServlet throws a NullPointerException. This pretty much forces the end user to download the Struts source code in order to locate the error. This is happening in Struts 1.1. This defect can be reproduced by making a .war file which does not contain 'WEB-INF/struts-config.xml', or any other configuration resource referenced by ActionServlet. Upon initialization, ActionServlet will throw a NPE. Not very nice. The problem is that ActionServlet invokes ServletContext.getResource() and ServletContext.getResourceAsStream() without ever checking for a null return value, which is the defined behavior of ServletContext when the resource does not exist. So, should I submit a patch? If so, can someone point me to some instructions on how to do that The Right Way (tm)?
