After content has been committed? Is there a proper way to write an error page, so that it will work even when the response has already been committed?
There seems to be a bug or inconsistency in how tomcat handles the error page. In Tomcat 6.0.20, if I define my error page like this in web.xml: <error-page> <exception-type>java.lang.Exception</exception-type> <location>/unexpectedErrors.jsp</location> </error-page> Then, if the response has already been committed, Tomcat does this on the system console: Feb 1, 2010 5:59:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.jsp.cpe_jsp._jspService(cpe_jsp.java:693) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:374) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at com.eaglecreektech.expedience.provisioning.web.servletFilters.AuthFilter.doFilter(AuthFilter.java:133) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at com.eaglecreektech.expedience.provisioning.web.servletFilters.RequestVolumeFilter.doFilter(RequestVolumeFilter.java:141) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at com.eaglecreektech.expedience.provisioning.web.servletFilters.StartupCheckFilter.doFilter(StartupCheckFilter.java:65) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) 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:191) 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:293) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:849) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:454) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Feb 1, 2010 5:59:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve custom SEVERE: Exception Processing ErrorPage[exceptionType=java.lang.Exception, location=/unexpectedErrors.jsp] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot reset buffer after response has been committed at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.resetBuffer(Response.java:691) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:409) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:271) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:142) 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:293) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:849) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:454) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) And it doesn't put any error text into the broken page - the page just shows how ever far it got before it encountered the error. This behavior doesn't seem correct - it seems like it should at least behave the same way as it does when the error page is defined in a jsp page: For example: <%@ page errorPage="unexpectedErrors.jsp" %> If the response has already been committed, then it just appends the error page onto the end of the response (really ugly, but at least it doesn't cause a secondary error) If the response has not been committed, it clears the buffer and writes the error page (which looks nice and pretty , like it should) So, in summary: 1) - Is Tomcats handling of an error page defined in web.xml broken when a response has already been committed? 2) - Is there anything I can do to force the browser to a proper error page after a response has been committed? Thanks, Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org