[jboss-user] [Installation, Configuration & DEPLOYMENT] - NullPointerException in VFSUtils.readManifest during WAR de

dbbernstein do-not-reply at jboss.com
Thu Jan 24 23:00:02 EST 2008


I have a very simple WAR file that I'm trying to deploy on JBoss 5.0.0.Beta3.

I'm using:
* Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.6.0_03-b05,Sun Microsystems Inc.
* OS-System: Windows XP 5.1,x86
I am using the -Dsun.lang.ClassLoader.allowArraySyntax=true option for the JVM for Java 6 with JBoss 5 as described in JBAS-4491.

Intermittently, when I deploy the WAR file, I get a NullPointerException in org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.readManifest():


  | 2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl] Add deployment: vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war
  | 2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl] Removing previous deployment: vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war
  | 2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl] Scheduling undeployment: vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war parent=null
  | 2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 WARN  [org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner] Scan failed
  | org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error populating deployment vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructureBuilder.populateContext(AbstractStructureBuilder.java:77)
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructuralDeployers.determineStructure(AbstractStructuralDeployers.java:89)
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.determineStructure(MainDeployerImpl.java:743)
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.addDeployment(MainDeployerImpl.java:280)
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.addDeployment(MainDeployerImpl.java:237)
  | 	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:270)
  | 	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:221)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:317)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:150)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:181)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:205)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:885)
  | 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:907)
  | 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
  | Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
  | 	at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.readManifest(VFSUtils.java:208)
  | 	at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.getManifest(VFSUtils.java:187)
  | 	at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.addManifestLocations(VFSUtils.java:106)
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.plugins.structure.VFSStructureBuilder.applyContextInfo(VFSStructureBuilder.java:155)
  | 	at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructureBuilder.populateContext(AbstractStructureBuilder.java:73)
  | 	... 15 more
  | 

Sometimes it works without complaint.  I haven't been able to figure out exactly which conditions tickle this.  I had suspicions that it might have to do with whether it was a hot deploy or on the existence of the properties file, but I wasn't able to prove it consistently.  It did seem that if there was previously no properties file and I then did a hot deploy with a properties file, then I got the exception.  I was able to deploy successfully to 4.2.2.GA.  The structure of the WAR is:


  | META-INF/
  | META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
  | WEB-INF/
  | WEB-INF/web.xml
  | WEB-INF/classes/
  | WEB-INF/classes/com/
  | WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/
  | WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/
  | WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/server/
  | WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/orgmob.properties
  | WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/server/FooServlet.class
  | 

The manifest is:

  | Manifest-Version: 1.0
  | Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.7.0
  | Created-By: 1.6.0_03-b05 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
  | 
  | 
  | 

The web.xml file is:

  | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  | <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
  | 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  | 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
  | 	version="2.5">
  | 	
  | 	<servlet>
  | 		<servlet-name>foo</servlet-name>
  | 		<servlet-class>com.orgmob.orgmobilist.server.FooServlet</servlet-class>
  | 	</servlet>
  | 	
  | 	<servlet-mapping>
  | 		<servlet-name>foo</servlet-name>
  | 		<url-pattern>/foo</url-pattern>
  | 	</servlet-mapping>
  | 
  | </web-app>
  | 

The servlet code is:

  | package com.orgmob.orgmobilist.server;
  | 
  | import java.io.IOException;
  | import java.io.PrintWriter;
  | import javax.servlet.ServletException;
  | import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
  | import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
  | import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
  | 
  | public class FooServlet extends HttpServlet {
  |     
  |     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  |     
  |     private void doGetPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
  | 	    throws ServletException, IOException {
  | 	String userid = req.getParameter("userid");
  | 	resp.setContentType("text/html");
  | 	resp.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
  | 	PrintWriter pw = resp.getWriter();
  | 	pw.println("<html>");
  | 	pw.println(" <head>");
  | 	pw.println("  <title>foo servlet</title>");
  | 	pw.println(" </head>");
  | 	pw.println(" <body>");
  | 	pw.println("  <p>userid: ");
  | 	pw.println(userid);
  | 	pw.println("  </p>");
  | 	pw.println("  <p>");
  | 	pw.println("  </p>");
  | 	pw.println(" </body>");
  | 	pw.println("</html>");
  | 	pw.flush();
  | 	pw.close();
  | 	resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
  |     }
  |     
  |     @Override
  |     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
  | 	    throws ServletException, IOException {
  | 	doGetPost(req,resp);
  |     }
  | 
  |     @Override
  |     public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
  | 	    throws ServletException, IOException {
  | 	doGetPost(req,resp);
  |     }
  | }
  | 

The properties file is:

  | # orgmob
  | # Copyright 2007-2008 David B. Bernstein
  | 
  | # major.minor.patch versioning scheme for orgmob
  | orgmob.major.version=0
  | orgmob.minor.version=0
  | orgmob.patch.version=0
  | 
  | #
  | orgmob.copyright.year=2007-2008
  | 

Apologies in advance if there's an obvious problem, a missed bug, or a missed post.

Thanks.


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