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Generator causer Error500 NullPointerException

  • 1.  Generator causer Error500 NullPointerException

    Posted Wed October 30, 2002 04:59 PM

    X-Application Version: 3.1.3,
    Tamino Version : 3.1.1
    Platform :Win2k, WebContainer : Tomcat 3.3
    JDK Version : 1.4

    Trying to generate a application I get this errormessage(-> below);
    The Konsole tells me, that tomcat(Path:G:\Programme\xapplication_313\tomcat3) home was not found; File: xapplication.properties contains tomcat.home=tomcat3;
    calling http://localhost:8080/xapp is mapped to http://localhost:8080/xapp/index.html.
    thanks in advance

    Schema defined--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Application directory created--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Generator started--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Generation finished--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Error: 500
    Location: /xapp/generator/GuiServletInternal Servlet Error:
    java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.softwareag.xtools.xapplication.generator.GuiServlet.startServer(GuiServlet.java:708)
    at com.softwareag.xtools.xapplication.generator.GuiServlet.restartServer(GuiServlet.java:727)
    at com.softwareag.xtools.xapplication.generator.GuiServlet.generateApplication(GuiServlet.java:604)
    at com.softwareag.xtools.xapplication.generator.GuiServlet.callGenerator(GuiServlet.java:520)
    at com.softwareag.xtools.xapplication.generator.GuiServlet.fillLayout(GuiServlet.java:415)
    at com.softwareag.xtools.xapplication.generator.GuiServlet.processRequest(GuiServlet.java:325)
    at com.softwareag.xtools.xapplication.generator.GuiServlet.doPost(GuiServlet.java:148)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
    at org.apache.tomcat.facade.ServletHandler.doService(ServletHandler.java:574)
    at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.invoke(Handler.java:322)
    at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:235)
    at org.apache.tomcat.facade.ServletHandler.service(ServletHandler.java:485)
    at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:917)
    at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:833)
    at org.apache.tomcat.modules.server.Http10Interceptor.processConnection(Http10Interceptor.java:176)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:494)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:516)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)


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  • 2.  RE: Generator causer Error500 NullPointerException

    Posted Wed October 30, 2002 07:55 PM

    Hi,

    you have set a wrong tomcat path in your xapplication.properties.
    Instead of a relative path use an absolut path.

    CAUTION: slashes and colons have to be escaped, i.e. you have to use ‘\’ and ‘:’

    For your path G:\Programme\xapplication_313\tomcat3 you will have to set
    the tomcat home variable to:
    tomcat.home=G:\Programme\xapplication_313\tomcat3.

    Bye
    Thorsten


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