Hi, I'm getting an exception with myfaces when adding a dependency to the webapp. This dependency contains a component and renderer, but I removed the META-INF directory, so it should just be interpreted as a "simple" java dependency. If I completely remove the dependency the test app deploys and works fine as shown in the tomcat log here:
Sep 13, 2007 12:45:27 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR INFO: Deploying web application archive test9.war Sep 13, 2007 12:45:27 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator feedStandardConfig INFO: Reading standard config META-INF/standard-faces-config.xml Sep 13, 2007 12:45:27 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator feedClassloaderConfigurations INFO: Reading config jar:file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.13.jar!/META-INF/faces-config.xml Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator feedWebAppConfig INFO: Reading config /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator logMetaInf INFO: Starting up MyFaces-package : myfaces-api in version : 1.2.0 from path : file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/myfaces-api-1.2.0 .jar Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator logMetaInf INFO: Starting up MyFaces-package : myfaces-impl in version : 1.2.0 from path : file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/myfaces-impl-1.2 .0.jar Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator logMetaInf INFO: MyFaces-package : tomahawk-sandbox not found. Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator logMetaInf INFO: MyFaces-package : tomahawk not found. Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl.util.LocaleUtils toLocale WARNING: Locale name in faces-config.xml null or empty, setting locale to default locale : en_US Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator handleSerialFactory INFO: Serialization provider : class org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl.util.serial.DefaultSerialFactory Sep 13, 2007 12:45:28 PM org.apache.myfaces.webapp.DefaultFacesInitializer initFaces INFO: ServletContext '/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/' initialized. Sep 13, 2007 12:45:38 PM com.sun.facelets.compiler.TagLibraryConfig loadImplicit INFO: Added Library from: jar:file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.13.jar!/META-INF/jstl-core.taglib.xml Sep 13, 2007 12:45:38 PM com.sun.facelets.compiler.TagLibraryConfig loadImplicit INFO: Added Library from: jar:file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.13.jar!/META-INF/jsf-core.taglib.xml Sep 13, 2007 12:45:38 PM com.sun.facelets.compiler.TagLibraryConfig loadImplicit INFO: Added Library from: jar:file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.13.jar!/META-INF/jstl-fn.taglib.xml Sep 13, 2007 12:45:38 PM com.sun.facelets.compiler.TagLibraryConfig loadImplicit INFO: Added Library from: jar:file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.13.jar!/META-INF/jsf-html.taglib.xml Sep 13, 2007 12:45:38 PM com.sun.facelets.compiler.TagLibraryConfig loadImplicit INFO: Added Library from: jar:file:/var/lib/apache-tomcat/webapps/test9/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.13.jar!/META-INF/jsf-ui.taglib.xml However, if I add the dependency the log looks like this: INFO: Deploying web application archive test10.war Sep 13, 2007 12:49:04 PM org.apache.myfaces.webapp.DefaultFacesInitializer initFaces SEVERE: Error initializing MyFaces: null java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.DefaultFacesInitializer.initFaces(DefaultFacesInitializer.java:102) at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener.contextInitialized(StartupServletContextListener.java:57) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3830) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4337) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:515) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1220) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:297) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:836) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:761) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1458) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.deploy(ManagerServlet.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.doPut(ManagerServlet.java:428) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:713) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:852) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:584) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1508) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) The dependency contains just two classes and nothing else. It's added with a runtime scope like this to the webapp pom: <dependency> <groupId>com.pyramidetechnologies.presentation.jsf</groupId> <artifactId>faceletsBaselineComponent</artifactId> <version>2.0.0</version> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> I removed the META-INF directory and bumped the version to 2.0.0, making sure that the war contains a clean version of the jar. Does anyone know why adding a dependency causes an NPE? Thanks, - Ole