What steps will reproduce the problem? 1.Copy the bodgeit.war file into the webapps directory for tomcat 6.0.30 2. Start tomcat 3. go to http://localhost:8080/bodgeit/ but you can see the stack trace as soon as Tomcat is started--before you even try and load bodgeit in the browser

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Sep 3, 2012 9:07:32 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin;.;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:/Program Files/Java/jre6/bin/client;C:/Program Files/Java/jre6/bin;C:\Program Files\PHP\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;D:\Temp\eclipse\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.7.1.v20090120-1145/bin;C:\Python27;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin Sep 3, 2012 9:07:32 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Sep 3, 2012 9:07:32 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 485 ms Sep 3, 2012 9:07:32 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina Sep 3, 2012 9:07:32 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.14 Sep 3, 2012 9:07:32 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR INFO: Deploying web application archive bodgeit.war Sep 3, 2012 9:07:34 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile INFO: validateJarFile(D:\Temp\1 Java\Apache Group\apache-tomcat-6.0.30\webapps\bodgeit\WEB-INF\lib\servlet-api.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext loadOnStartup SEVERE: Servlet /bodgeit threw load() exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:

An error occurred at line: 239 in the generated java file The method getJspApplicationContext(ServletContext) is undefined for the type JspFactory

Stacktrace: at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:92) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:330) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:423) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:308) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:273) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:566) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:317) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:981) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4351) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:714) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1138) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:566) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.Registry registerComponent SEVERE: Null component Catalina:type=JspMonitor,name=InitServlet,WebModule=//localhost/bodgeit,J2EEApplication=none,J2EEServer=none Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized() Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized() Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009 Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/47 config=null Sep 3, 2012 9:07:36 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 3954 ms Sep 3, 2012 9:08:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:

An error occurred at line: 53 in the generated java file The method getJspApplicationContext(ServletContext) is undefined for the type JspFactory

Stacktrace: at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:92) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:330) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:423) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:308) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:273) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:566) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:317) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:584) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.4 Windows XP

Please provide any additional information below.

Can you try removing the webapps/bodgeit/WEB-INF/lib/servlet-api.jar file and restarting tomcat?

Many thanks,

Simon

Hi Simon, I guess my original reply didn't make it. Here it is again:

That reduces the number of Exceptions, but they are still there, and the app won't load in the browser:

Sep 10, 2012 8:43:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin;.;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin/client;C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin;C:\Program Files\PHP\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;D:\Temp\eclipse\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.7.1.v20090120-1145/bin;C:\Python27;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin;C:\jython2.5.3\bin;C:\jython2.5.3; Sep 10, 2012 8:43:25 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Sep 10, 2012 8:43:25 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 513 ms Sep 10, 2012 8:43:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina Sep 10, 2012 8:43:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.14 Sep 10, 2012 8:43:25 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR INFO: Deploying web application archive bodgeit.war Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext loadOnStartup SEVERE: Servlet /bodgeit threw load() exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:

An error occurred at line: 239 in the generated java file The method getJspApplicationContext(ServletContext) is undefined for the type JspFactory

Stacktrace: at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:92) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:330) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:423) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:308) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:273) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:566) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:317) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:981) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4351) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:714) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1138) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:566) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.Registry registerComponent SEVERE: Null component Catalina:type=JspMonitor,name=InitServlet,WebModule=//localhost/bodgeit,J2EEApplication=none,J2EEServer=none Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized() Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized() Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009 Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/46 config=null Sep 10, 2012 8:43:27 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 2162 ms

Ah, sorry, got lots of things going on right now, so I'm afraid I havnt been able to find much time to look at bodgeit :( I've just downloaded Tomcat 6.0.35 and dropped the latest bodgeit war in and it worked fine. But thats on Windows 7 - I'm afraid I dont have an XP machine available for trying this out on :( Is there any chance you can try this with 6.0.35 or the latest Tomcat 7?

Ahh good news! Using Tomcat 7 worked like a charm. Thanks!

Great :)