Logger in HTTPClientInvoker should be static. --------------------------------------------- Key: JBREM-750 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBREM-750 Project: JBoss Remoting Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: 2.2.2.GA Reporter: Ron Sigal Assigned To: Ron Sigal Fix For: 2.2.2.SP1, 2.4.0.Beta1 (Pinto) When org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.ssl.HTTPSClientInvoker.createSocketFactory() (which is called from the RemoteClientInvoker() constructor) tries to log an error, it throws a NullPointerException because the log variable has not been initialized. The log variable should be static.