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From: Martin Gainty <mgainty@hotmail.com>
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Subject: RE: NullPointerException on Struts Action
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:24:15 -0400
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be sure to populate user=2Cpassword=2CDriverClass for DataSource with Datab=
ase Parameters beforehand e.g.

//web.xml
<web-app>
  <display-name>Struts Examples Application</display-name>
  <!-- Standard Action Servlet Configuration (with debugging) -->
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>org.apache.struts.action.DATA_SOURCE</param-name>
      <param-value>org.apache.struts.util.GenericDataSource</param-value>
    </init-param>
........
</web-app>

chris ..struts-1.2.9 is only 3 years old BTW

http://struts.apache.org/1.1/api/org/apache/struts/util/GenericDataSource.h=
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> Date: Fri=2C 18 Sep 2009 12:04:11 -0400
> From: chris@christopherschultz.net
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: Re: NullPointerException on Struts Action
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> Julio=2C
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> On 9/18/2009 9:44 AM=2C Julio C=E9sar Chaves Fern=E1ndez wrote:
> > Hi=2C i've been having a strange behavior with some struts apps deploye=
d on Oracle portal.
>=20
> Given that this is Struts running on Oracle=2C why not ask your question
> on the Struts list or ask someone at Oracle? This is a forum for Apache
> Tomcat users. :(
>=20
> > 09/09/17 16:10:19 java.lang.NullPointerException
> > 09/09/17 16:10:19     at org.apache.struts.action.Action.getDataSource(=
Action.java:532)
> > 09/09/17 16:10:19     at co.edu.icesi.notas.action.InicioAction.execute=
(InicioAction.java:46)
>=20
> [snip]
>=20
> Wow=2C you're using Action.getDataSource? Wasn't that deprecated like 5
> years ago?
>=20
> > InicioAction is the init action that sets some data in the user
> > session and makes some validations. The code in Action.java at line 532=
 is:
> >=20
> > protected DataSource getDataSource(HttpServletRequest request=2C String=
 key)
> >   {
> >     ServletContext context =3D getServlet().getServletContext()=3B  ---=
----------------------> line 532
> >     ModuleConfig moduleConfig =3D RequestUtils.getModuleConfig(request=
=2C context)=3B
> >=20
> >     return ((DataSource)context.getAttribute(key + moduleConfig.getPref=
ix()))=3B
> >   }
>=20
> Are you sure you're looking at the right version of the code?
>=20
> Are you doing something silly like trying to use this Action before it
> has been properly brought into service? If that's the case=2C then
> getServlet() would return null.
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> - -chris
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