thank you. That worked. -paul lomack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bodycombe, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: RE: cookie problem
> The request.getCookies() will return null if no cookies were sent with the > request. > You should check that cookies != null before checking cookies.length > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 August 2003 17:13 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: cookie problem > > > I hava a JSP application under Tomcat 4.1.24, jdk 1.4, running as service on > win2k currently in standalone mode. > The default index.jsp page checks for cookie that has not yet been set. > Under Tomcat 3.x (jdk 1.2), this cookie checking does not generate an error; > however, under Tomcat 4 it generates an HTTP Status 500 exception report, > where the root cause is given as java.lang.NullPointerException. > If i subsequently run a page which does not check for cookie, that > non-cookie checking page loads fine; and then the cookie checking page loads > fine without any exception report. It is only when the cookie checking page > runs FIRST that error message is generated. > > I am uncertain if this is some sort of jsp error or some sort of Tomcat > error. > > here is code used to check for cookie, where that cookie does not exist when > this code generates error. But then again, that cookie still does not exist > when this code works fine (ie, after running a jsp that does not check for > cookie) - which is why i am wondering if this has something to do with > Tomcat 4, or perhaps how it is configured??? > > Cookie[] cookies = request.getCookies(); > for(int j=0; j<cookies.length; j++) { > cookieName = cookies[j].getName(); > cookieValue = cookies[j].getValue(); > if (cookieName.equals("ex")) { > xx = cookieValue; // wher xx is previously defined as a String > object > break; > } > } > > Any and all help is more than welcome, as i am a bit stumped as to how to > begin troubleshooting this. > -paul lomack > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
