Hi All, I'm in the process of migrating embedded tomcat application from Tomcat 7 to Tomcat 8. When I'm trying to start the embedded instance I'm getting a NullPointerException Here is the stacktrace
> > ERROR {org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher} - > Servlet.service() for servlet bridgeservlet threw exception > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getTldResourcePath(JspCompilationContext.java:536) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:410) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:469) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1430) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:139) > at > org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:227) > at > org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:100) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:199) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:356) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:336) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:323) > at > org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:570) > at > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:356) > at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:396) > at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:340) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) > at org.wso2.carbon.ui.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:155) > at org.wso2.carbon.ui.TilesJspServlet.service(TilesJspServlet.java:80) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.helper.ContextPathServletAdaptor.service(ContextPathServletAdaptor.java:37) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.service(ServletRegistration.java:61) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:128) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:68) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.servlet.DelegationServlet.service(DelegationServlet.java:68) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) > at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:721) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:466) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:391) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:318) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.RequestDispatcherAdaptor.forward(RequestDispatcherAdaptor.java:30) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.helper.ContextPathServletAdaptor$RequestDispatcherAdaptor.forward(ContextPathServletAdaptor.java:362) > at > org.apache.tiles.servlet.context.ServletTilesRequestContext.forward(ServletTilesRequestContext.java:198) > at > org.apache.tiles.servlet.context.ServletTilesRequestContext.dispatch(ServletTilesRequestContext.java:185) > at > org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:419) > at > org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.render(BasicTilesContainer.java:370) > at org.wso2.carbon.ui.action.ActionHelper.render(ActionHelper.java:52) > at org.wso2.carbon.ui.TilesJspServlet.service(TilesJspServlet.java:101) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.helper.ContextPathServletAdaptor.service(ContextPathServletAdaptor.java:37) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.service(ServletRegistration.java:61) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:128) > at > org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:68) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.servlet.DelegationServlet.service(DelegationServlet.java:68) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) > at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.filter.CharacterSetFilter.doFilter(CharacterSetFilter.java:61) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106) > at > org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:142) > at > org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.valves.CompositeValve.continueInvocation(CompositeValve.java:99) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.valves.TomcatValveContainer.invokeValves(TomcatValveContainer.java:49) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.valves.CompositeValve.invoke(CompositeValve.java:62) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.valves.CarbonStuckThreadDetectionValve.invoke(CarbonStuckThreadDetectionValve.java:159) > at > org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610) > at > org.wso2.carbon.tomcat.ext.valves.CarbonContextCreatorValve.invoke(CarbonContextCreatorValve.java:57) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88) > at > org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:516) > at > org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1086) > at > org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:659) > at > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:223) > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1558) > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1515) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) I can't figure out the reason to get this NullPointerException. Can someone help me out? Thanks Best Regards Thusitha -- Thusitha Dayaratne Software Engineer WSO2 Inc. - lean . enterprise . middleware | wso2.com Mobile +94712756809 Blog alokayasoya.blogspot.com About http://about.me/thusithathilina