I'm not usually practicing help to rude people but I'll make an exception
and will give you a hint.
I used almost every version of TC since 3.x to 4.0. Yes, I had problems
starting it and moments of frustration, but all "issues" turned out to be my
fault mostly due to my incompetence at that time. I think you're no
exception. I'll also give you a free advice. If you want to get help here
then change your attitude, otherwise your voice will be lost in the noise.
Sincerely,
--V.
----- Original Message -----
From: "java programmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 6:06 PM
Subject: Tomcat 3.3, server.xml and a lot of fun
> Hi all:
>
> Tomcat 3.3 (on linux) seems to be quite shoddily
> developed. Surprising that, given it's high
> visibility and posture.
>
> Consider for instance:
>
> I downloaded the binary distro of tomcat 3.3.
> I have set and exported both TOMCAT_HOME and
> JAVA_HOME. Compiled and installed mod_jk.so
> too. (against Apache 1.3.22).
>
> All I have to do is edit/configure the
> "conf/server.xml" file and I should be well
> on my way right ?
>
> Well let' see.
>
> shell> vi server.xml
> shell> tomcat.sh start -jkconf
>
> EmbededTomcat: exception initializing ContextManager
> java.lang.NullPointerException at
> org.apache.tomcat.facade.JspInterceptor.addContext(Unknown
> Source)
>
> [..bunch of stack trace crap here ..]
>
> Hmm. The message above gives me *no* more information.
>
>
> Nothing looks obviously wrong with the server.xml
> file, let's validate it using the W3C validator.
> But wait, there is *NO* server.dtd. There is only a
> description in the manual which says:
>
> ----------- quote ----------
> This is the main element in server.xml. It has a
> single child describing the tomcat configuration,
> ContextManager.
>
> Examples
> <Server>
> <ContextManager >
> ... ( tomcat configuration )
> </ContextManager>
> </server>
> ContextManager
> ------------- end quote ----------
>
> Hmm. Well my file kinda looks ok, but not having a
> DTD kinda means that the tomcat developers don't
> understand the central concept behind xml. But's
> let's leave that aside for now. Let's just validate
> the *syntax* of server.xml using W3C (if the
> structure indeed is as simple as the manual claims).
>
> [fire up a browser, validate server.xml here]
>
> Well, that validated fine. So why am I getting
> the error and wh am I getting it? There is no
> way to tell, either from the Exception, or
> the LACK OF DOCUMENTATION.
>
> 2 hours later, after random permutations and
> combinations of server.xml I still haven't found
> what's wrong.
>
> Attached below is the complete server.xml,
> in case any of you are interested.
>
> In the past, I may have gotten upset at having wasted
> all this time. But that was before I found enlightment
> through tomcat. Now I am at peace with the world for
> tomcat teaches us about the futility of trying to
> solve simple problems.
>
> Of course, now that I have given up trying to make
> this thing work, I do have some idle time to wonder:
>
> Exactly what are the tomcat developers smoking ?
>
> Best regards,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ------------ server.xml follows ----------
> <Server>
> <ContextManager workDir="work" >
>
> <ContextXmlReader config="conf/apps.xml" />
> <ApacheConfig noRoot="true" forwardAll="false"
> jkDebug="info" jkWorker="ajp13" />
> <AccessInterceptor />
> <AccessLogInterceptor />
>
> <Http10Connector port="8080" secure="false" />
> <Ajp12Connector port="8007" address="127.0.0.1"
> backlog="250" />
> <Ajp13Connector port="8009" address="127.0.0.1"
> backlog="250" />
>
> <AutoDeploy source="modules" target="modules"
> redeploy="true" />
> <AutoWebApp dir="modules" host="DEFAULT"
> trusted="true"/>
> <AutoDeploy source="webapps" target="webapps" />
> <AutoWebApp dir="webapps" host="DEFAULT" />
>
> <DecodeInterceptor />
> <ErrorHandler showDebugInfo="true" />
> <InvokerInterceptor />
> <Jdk12Interceptor />
> <JspInterceptor keepGenerated="true"
> useJspServlet="false" />
> <LoaderInterceptor11 useApplicationLoader="true" />
> <LoadOnStartupInterceptor />
>
> <LogSetter name="tomcatlog" timestamps="true"
> verbosityLevel="INFORMATION"
> path="logs/tomcat-log" />
>
> <PolicyLoader
> securityManagerClass="java.lang.SecurityManager"
> policyFile="conf/tomcat.policy" />
> <ReloadInterceptor fullReload="true" />
> <Servlet22Interceptor />
> <SessionExpirer checkInterval="120" />
> <SessionId cookiesFirst="true" noCookies="false" />
> <SessionIdGenerator
> randomClass="java.security.SecureRandom"
> randomFile="/dev/urandom" />
> <SimpleMapper1 />
> <SimpleSessionStore maxActiveSessions="-1" />
>
> <StaticInterceptor listings="false" />
> <TrustedLoader />
> <WebXmlReader validate="true" />
> <WorkDirSetup cleanWorkDir="false" />
> <LogSetter name="servlet_log"
> timestamps="true"
> verbosityLevel = "INFORMATION"
> path="logs/servlet-${yyyyMMdd}.log" />
> <LogSetter name="JASPER_LOG"
> timestamps="true"
> path="logs/jasper-${yyyyMMdd}.log"
> verbosityLevel = "INFORMATION" />
>
> </ContextManager>
> </Server>
> --------------------- end ----------------------------
>
>
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