Hi, When I build and deploy my new Java web application war file (using ant on Linux command-line), I get the application showing and working. However the error below is in the logs.
There seems to be something wrong with TLD files but I don't reference any standard or custom tag libraries in the application code. is there a problem with META-INF or my build file? What could be causing the Nullpointer exception/postgresql jar/META-INF error? not sure which is the root cause and why? I'd appreciate any help! The application context name is /irips/. Mar 19, 2008 4:15:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig tldScanJar SEVERE: Exception processing TLD META-INF/scriptfree.tld in JAR at resource path /opt/plumtree/RUNTIME/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/irips/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar in context /irips java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1111) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanStream(TldConfig.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanJar(TldConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.execute(TldConfig.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.processTlds(StandardContext.java:4302) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4139) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1569) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1558) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig tldScanJar SEVERE: Exception processing TLD META-INF/sql-1_0-rt.tld in JAR at resource path /opt/plumtree/RUNTIME/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/irips/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar in context /irips java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1111) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanStream(TldConfig.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanJar(TldConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.execute(TldConfig.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.processTlds(StandardContext.java:4302) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4139) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1569) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1558) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig tldScanJar SEVERE: Exception processing TLD META-INF/sql-1_0.tld in JAR at resource path /opt/plumtree/RUNTIME/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/irips/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar in context /irips java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1111) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanStream(TldConfig.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanJar(TldConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.execute(TldConfig.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.processTlds(StandardContext.java:4302) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4139) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1569) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1558) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig tldScanJar SEVERE: Exception processing TLD META-INF/sql.tld in JAR at resource path /opt/plumtree/RUNTIME/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/irips/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar in context /irips java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1111) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanStream(TldConfig.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanJar(TldConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.execute(TldConfig.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.processTlds(StandardContext.java:4302) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4139) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1569) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1558) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig tldScanJar SEVERE: Exception processing TLD META-INF/x-1_0-rt.tld in JAR at resource path /opt/plumtree/RUNTIME/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/irips/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar in context /irips java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1111) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanStream(TldConfig.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanJar(TldConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.execute(TldConfig.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.processTlds(StandardContext.java:4302) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4139) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1569) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1558) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig tldScanJar SEVERE: Exception processing TLD META-INF/x-1_0.tld in JAR at resource path /opt/plumtree/RUNTIME/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/irips/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar in context /irips java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1111) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanStream(TldConfig.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanJar(TldConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.execute(TldConfig.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.processTlds(StandardContext.java:4302) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4139) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1569) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1558) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:46 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig tldScanJar SEVERE: Exception processing TLD META-INF/x.tld in JAR at resource path /opt/plumtree/RUNTIME/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/webapps/irips/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar in context /irips java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1111) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanStream(TldConfig.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.tldScanJar(TldConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig.execute(TldConfig.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.processTlds(StandardContext.java:4302) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4139) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1190) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1569) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1558) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) OpenLog: verbosity level = 2 OpenLog: Registered application name: IRIProjectsDB (local machine only) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:51 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader loadClass INFO: Illegal access: this web application instance has been stopped already. Could not load org.postgresql.util.MessageTranslator. The eventual following stack trace is caused by an error thrown for debugging purposes as well as to attempt to terminate the thread which caused the illegal access, and has no functional impact. java.lang.IllegalStateException at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1241) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1201) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) at org.postgresql.util.PSQLException.translate(PSQLException.java:101) at org.postgresql.util.PSQLException.<init>(PSQLException.java:80) at org.postgresql.PG_Stream.flush(PG_Stream.java:356) at org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.close(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:831) at org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.finalize(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:1200) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.invokeFinalizeMethod(Native Method) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.runFinalizer(Finalizer.java:83) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.access$100(Finalizer.java:14) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:160) Mar 19, 2008 4:15:51 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader loadClass INFO: Illegal access: this web application instance has been stopped already. Could not load org.postgresql.util.MessageTranslator. The eventual following stack trace is caused by an error thrown for debugging purposes as well as to attempt to terminate the thread which caused the illegal access, and has no functional impact. java.lang.IllegalStateException at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1241) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1201) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) at org.postgresql.util.PSQLException.translate(PSQLException.java:101) at org.postgresql.util.PSQLException.<init>(PSQLException.java:80) at org.postgresql.PG_Stream.flush(PG_Stream.java:356) at org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.close(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:831) at org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.finalize(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:1200) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.invokeFinalizeMethod(Native Method) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.runFinalizer(Finalizer.java:83) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.access$100(Finalizer.java:14) at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:160) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Tomcat-Log-Error-on-app-deployment---NullPointer-Exception%2C-META-INF--tp16202264p16202264.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]