Actually, the problem is in java.util.Hashtable, which is the class
that's throwing the exception. A quick look at that code shows it's
throwning an exception because the value is null -- so the question is
why ejb.getType() returns null in this deployment.
-Scott
On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 10:09, Lloyd L Chambers wrote:
> The problem seems to be the line in NamingResources that reads:
>
> entries.put( ejb.getName(), ejb.getType() );
>
> Reading back up the stack, it appears that 'ejb' cannot be null,
> implying that 'entries' must be null.
>
> My reading of NamingResources shows that it is subtly not thread
> safe; none of its instance variables are 'final', which is a problem
> if it is created by one thread, and (ever) used by another. Try
> making them 'final' and see if the issue goes away. See Java
> Concurrency 16.2.
>
>
> Lloyd
>
> On Aug 3, 2007, at 12:24 AM, Cheng Fang wrote:
>
> > Thanks to Hong and Jan for the offer to help. With Jan's patch, I
> > got this in server.log [1]
> >
> > As I said earlier, despite this error, deployment *did succeed* and
> > the app *was* put into service. But the servlet filter is not
> > invoked at all, and may be other random behaviors.
> >
> > From the stacktrace, it's a ejb-ref that has caused this NPE. This
> > is how I declare it in web.xml:
> > <ejb-ref>
> > <ejb-ref-name>helloBean2</ejb-ref-name>
> >
> > <remote>com.sun.ts.tests.ejb30.common.helloejbjar.HelloRemoteIF</
> > remote>
> > </ejb-ref>
> >
> > If I add a <ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type>, everything works
> > fine. <ejb-ref-type> is optional in JavaEE 5 and all my modules
> > are JavaEE 5 versions.
> >
> > The similar <ejb-ref> declarations work in appclient and ejb. It
> > failed with web container, probably there is legacy tomcat code
> > involved here?
> >
> > This is somewhat related to issue 1265, which I filed in 10/2006
> > https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1265 (Fail to
> > deploy apps when ejb-ref element does not have ejb-ref-type)
> >
> > I have created a simple ejb module and web module to reproduce this
> > problem. Attached are a ejb-jar (foo-ejb.jar) and a NetBeans
> > projects for the web module.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -cheng
> >
> >
> > [1]
> > [#|2007-08-02T20:47:29.875-0400|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|
> > javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=14;_Th
> > readName=pool-1-thread-6;_RequestID=0243bda4-216d-42fe-a7c7-
> > b07ef010d5ec;|WEB0600: WebModule [/ejb3_assembly_m
> > etainfandlibdir] failed to deploy and has been disabled^M
> > java.lang.NullPointerException^M
> > at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:396)^M
> > at org.apache.catalina.deploy.NamingResources.addEjb
> > (NamingResources.java:175)^M
> > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.addEjb
> > (StandardContext.java:2334)^M
> > at
> > com.sun.enterprise.web.TomcatDeploymentConfig.configureContextEjb
> > (TomcatDeploymentConfig.java:298)^
> > M
> > at
> > com.sun.enterprise.web.TomcatDeploymentConfig.configureEjbReference
> > (TomcatDeploymentConfig.java:243
> > )^M
> > at
> > com.sun.enterprise.web.TomcatDeploymentConfig.configureWebModule
> > (TomcatDeploymentConfig.java:195)^M
> > at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModuleContextConfig.start
> > (WebModuleContextConfig.java:240)^M
> > at
> > com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModuleContextConfig.lifecycleEvent
> > (WebModuleContextConfig.java:156)^M
> > at
> > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent
> > (LifecycleSupport.java:143)^M
> > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start
> > (StandardContext.java:5086)^M
> > at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:327)^M
> > at com.sun.enterprise.web.LifecycleStarter.doRun
> > (LifecycleStarter.java:58)^M
> > at com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc.RunnableBase.runSync
> > (RunnableBase.java:296)^M
> > at com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc.RunnableBase.run
> > (RunnableBase.java:330)^M
> > at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call
> > (Executors.java:417)^M
> > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun
> > (FutureTask.java:269)^M
> > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:123)^M
> > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask
> > (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:650)^M
> > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run
> > (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:675)^M
> > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)^M
> > |#]^M
> >
> > Jan.Luehe_at_Sun.COM wrote:
> >> Hi Cheng,
> >>
> >> Cheng Fang wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm seeing the following exception when deploying my app to a
> >>> recent nightly build. I couldn't figure out what could've caused
> >>> the NPE. Turning on logging FINE in web-container didn't give
> >>> more details. Verifier also reported success on my app.
> >>>
> >>> I searched a few modules in my glassfish workspace but couldn't
> >>> find where this NPE is from (I don't have all modules in my
> >>> workspace). Although the error message says the web module has
> >>> been disabled, I can still access this webapp, except a servlet
> >>> filter is not invoked.
> >>>
> >>> Could someone shed light on this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> -cheng
> >>>
> >>> [#|2007-08-02T04:18:34.078-0400|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|
> >>> javax.enterprise.system.core.classloading|_ThreadID=15;_
> >>> ThreadName=httpWorkerThread-4848-0;ejb3_assembly_metainfandlibdir;|L
> >>> DR5010: All ejb(s) of [ejb3_assembly_metai
> >>> nfandlibdir] loaded successfully!|#]^M
> >>> ^M
> >>> [#|2007-08-02T04:18:34.093-0400|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|
> >>> javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=15;_Th
> >>> readName=httpWorkerThread-4848-0;/
> >>> ejb3_assembly_metainfandlibdir;java.lang.NullPointerException;_Reque
> >>> stID=63c
> >>> 9ee02-0fcd-45c8-a681-e8b600cc0f03;|WEB0600: WebModule [/
> >>> ejb3_assembly_metainfandlibdir] failed to deploy and h
> >>> as been disabled: [java.lang.NullPointerException].|#]^M
> >>
> >>
> >> It is unfortunate that the exception is swallowed like that,
> >> without giving any stacktrace.
> >>
> >> Can you please try out the attached patch, which will log the
> >> exception's stacktrace?
> >> Hopefully, that will give you and Hong the information you are
> >> looking for.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> Jan
> >>
> >>
> >>> ^M
> >>> [#|2007-08-02T04:18:34.937-0400|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|
> >>> javax.enterprise.system.tools.admin|_ThreadID=15;_Thread
> >>> Name=httpWorkerThread-4848-0;C:/ws/sjsas90/publish/glassfish/
> >>> domains/domain1\generated\xml\j2ee-apps\ejb3_asse
> >>> mbly_metainfandlibdir\ejb3_assembly_metainfandlibdirClient.jar;|
> >>> ADM1040:Client-jar location:[C:/ws/sjsas90/pub
> >>> lish/glassfish/domains/domain1\generated\xml\j2ee-apps
> >>> \ejb3_assembly_metainfandlibdir\ejb3_assembly_metainfand
> >>> libdirClient.jar]|#]^M
> >>>
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> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Index: WebModuleContextConfig.java
> >> ===================================================================
> >> RCS file: /cvs/glassfish/appserv-core/src/java/com/sun/enterprise/
> >> web/WebModuleContextConfig.java,v
> >> retrieving revision 1.12
> >> diff -u -r1.12 WebModuleContextConfig.java
> >> --- WebModuleContextConfig.java 5 May 2007 05:36:02 -0000 1.12
> >> +++ WebModuleContextConfig.java 2 Aug 2007 17:50:54 -0000
> >> @@ -241,9 +241,11 @@
> >>
> >> webBundleDescriptor);
> >> } catch (Throwable t){
> >> context.setAvailable(false);
> >> - Object[] objs = {context.getName(), t};
> >> - logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
> >> -
> >> "webModuleContextConfig.webModuleDisabled", objs);
> >> + String msg = _rb.getString(
> >> + "webModuleContextConfig.webModuleDisabled");
> >> + msg = MessageFormat.format(msg,
> >> + new Object[]
> >> { context.getName() });
> >> + logger.log(Level.SEVERE, msg, t);
> >> }
> >>
> >> context.setConfigured(false);
> >>
> >> Index: LogStrings.properties
> >> ===================================================================
> >> RCS file: /cvs/glassfish/appserv-commons/src/java/com/sun/logging/
> >> enterprise/system/container/web/LogStrings.properties,v
> >> retrieving revision 1.39
> >> diff -u -r1.39 LogStrings.properties
> >> --- LogStrings.properties 10 Jul 2007 19:44:19 -0000 1.39
> >> +++ LogStrings.properties 2 Aug 2007 17:51:47 -0000
> >> @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
> >> webmodule.alternateDocBase.illegalUrlPattern=WEB0504: URL pattern
> >> {0} for alternate docbase is invalid
> >> webmodule.alternateDocBase.crlfInUrlPattern=WEB0505: URL pattern
> >> {0} for alternate docbase contains CR or LF or both
> >>
> >> -webModuleContextConfig.webModuleDisabled=WEB0600: WebModule [{0}]
> >> failed to deploy and has been disabled: [{1}].
> >> +webModuleContextConfig.webModuleDisabled=WEB0600: WebModule [{0}]
> >> failed to deploy and has been disabled
> >> webModuleContextConfig.missingDefaultWeb.xml=WEB0601: Missing
> >> default web.xml, using application web.xml only
> >> webModuleContextConfig.defaultMissing=WEB0602: Missing default-
> >> web.xml, using application web.xml only
> >> webModuleContextConfig.defaultParse=WEB0603: Parse error in
> >> default-web.xml
> >>
> >>
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> >> <foo-ejb.jar>
> >> <simple-web-project.jar>
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