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From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <craigmcc@apache.org>
To: Jakarta Commons Users List <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: RE: Digester + Logging + Ant NullPointerException
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Kevin Ross wrote:

> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 08:27:06 -0600
> From: Kevin Ross <Kevin.Ross@iVerticalLeap.com>
> Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Users List <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> To: 'Jakarta Commons Users List' <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> Subject: RE: Digester + Logging + Ant NullPointerException
>
> Ahh, I see.  I haven't touched any of the properties...though ANT
> 1.5.1(latest release) may alter the default environment.
>
> Following is a sample ant target:
>
> 	<target name="xyz" depends="init">
> 		<java classname="com.iverticalleap.XYZ" fork="true"
> newenvironment="true">
> 			<jvmarg
> value="-Djava.endorsed.dirs=${dir.lib}"/>
> 			<arg value="/xyz.xml"/>
> 			<classpath refid="cp"/>
> 		</java>
> 	</target>
>
> Is this potentially an issue related to jdk 1.4+?
>

Is digester in your "${dir.lib}" directory?  If so, that's likely to be
the root of the problem, and/or will cause you other class loading issues,
because it changes the class loader hierarchy in ways that are quite
surprising to newbies.

I strongly suggest that you don't use the endorsed directory mechanism at
all.  Instead, use Ant's nested <classpath> element to construct the class
path for a given program, and pass everything in that classpath.

Craig

> -Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:craigmcc@apache.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:29 PM
> To: Jakarta Commons Users List
> Subject: RE: Digester + Logging + Ant NullPointerException
>
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Kevin Ross wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:25:29 -0600
> > From: Kevin Ross <Kevin.Ross@iVerticalLeap.com>
> > Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Users List <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> > To: 'Jakarta Commons Users List' <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> > Subject: RE: Digester + Logging + Ant NullPointerException
> >
> > I am using the latest and greatest.
> >
> > It is not that the code used Class.forName(), but the code uses the
> > digester.getClassLoader().loadClass() that does *not* find the class.
> > Switching to Class.forName() *works*.
> >
>
> That implies to me that you don't have the configuration properties for
> class loader selection correct.  Making the change you propose would
> destroy the ability to have commons-digester.jar in a parent class
> loader,
> but still be able to load classes from the child class loader (i.e. for
> Tomcat, put commons-digester.jar in common/lib and try to load object
> classes from your webapp.
>
> What property settings are you using for the "classLoader" and
> "useContextClassLoader" properties?
>
> Craig
>
> > I made the changes in:
> > ObjectCreateRule.java
> > SetNextRule.java
> >
> > In addition, I had to change the FromXmlRuleSet:
> >
> > 1.  Add beginning slash:
> > 	public static final String DIGESTER_DTD_PATH =
> > "/org/apache/commons/digester/xmlrules/digester-rules.dtd"
> >
> > 2.  ln 153: URL dtdURL = getClass().getResource(DIGESTER_DTD_PATH);
> >
> >
> > I have consistently seen the DTD issue (#2) in the tomcat 4.x
> > environments (which we understand has classloading issues), now I see
> > running in a forked process from ANT (with newenvironment="true").  I
> > have always had to make my own builds.
> >
> > Why the need to obtain the classloader and load classes in this
> manner?
> >
> >
> > If tomcat and ant have this issue (possibly bad software), shouldn't
> we
> > find a better way to workaround this?  At least a better message than
> a
> > NullPointerException with no stack....
> >
> > I can provide a diff if your interested.  I'm not sure of the answer,
> I
> > guess it hinges on the answer to my question of why it is done this
> way.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:craigmcc@apache.org]
> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 3:33 PM
> > To: Jakarta Commons Users List
> > Subject: RE: Digester + Logging + Ant NullPointerException
> >
> > Which version of Digester are you using?  There is only one occurrence
> > of
> > "Class.forName()" in the current code base (i.e. the version 1.4 that
> > was
> > just released), in DigesterRuleParser.  Everything else (correctly)
> uses
> > digester.getClassLoader().loadClas().
> >
> > Could you please try this with the latest and greatest Digester
> release?
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Kevin Ross wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:48:06 -0600
> > > From: Kevin Ross <Kevin.Ross@iVerticalLeap.com>
> > > Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Users List
> <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> > > To: 'Jakarta Commons Users List' <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> > > Subject: RE: Digester + Logging + Ant NullPointerException
> > >
> > > I'm now using the latest cvs code for logging, which seems to get me
> > > past the earlier problem, but nonetheless, the problem is now in the
> > > digester:
> > >
> > >      [java] [13:47:27.779-main][Digester][ERROR] - End event threw
> > > exception
> > >      [java] java.lang.NullPointerException
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:248)
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:773)
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.endElement(SAXParser.java:1403)
> > >      [java]     at
> > >
> >
> org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.callEndElement(XMLValid
> > > ator.java:1480)
> > >      [java]     at
> > >
> >
> org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanElement(XMLDocumentSc
> > > anner.java:1809)
> > >      [java]     at
> > >
> >
> org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$ContentDispatcher.dispatc
> > > h(XMLDocumentScanner.java:1182)
> > >      [java]     at
> > >
> >
> org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDocumentScan
> > > ner.java:381)
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1081)
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1222)
> > >      [java]     at
> > >
> >
> org.apache.commons.digester.xmlrules.FromXmlRuleSet.addRuleInstances(Fro
> > > mXmlRuleSet.java:140)
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.addRuleSet(Digester.java:1311)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It is now clear that there are classloading issues (after inspecting
> > > digester code).  I switched in a couple of places the use of the
> > > Digester.getClassloader().loadClass() for Class.forName() and
> > everything
> > > works.  Is this a bug?  Is there an incompatibility with ANT?
> Problem
> > > with 1.4.1?
> > >
> > > Kevin Ross
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kevin Ross [mailto:Kevin.Ross@iverticalleap.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 1:13 PM
> > > To: commons-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > > Subject: Digester + Logging + Ant NullPointerException
> > >
> > > I'm having yet another problem with logging.  I figured someone else
> > had
> > > already uncovered this and discovered the issue (probably with my
> > > environment).
> > >
> > > Environment
> > > Win XP Pro
> > > Java 1.4.1_01
> > >
> > > I'm also using Log4j 1.2.7.jar.
> > >
> > >
> > >      [java] org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException:
> > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > >      [java]     at
> > >
> org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.newFactory(LogFactory.java:558)
> > >      [java]     at
> > >
> org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getFactory(LogFactory.java:355)
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:409)
> > >      [java]     at
> > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.<init>(Digester.java:281)
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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