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Struts, ''dataSource'' is null

 
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Hello. I am working on a small projest using Struts and defining JNDI to get datasource. In the login page, when 'submit' is clicked, I get error messages:

WARN : 2007-10-01 13:52:34,658 [http-8080-Processor25] RequestProcessor - Unhandled Exception thrown: class java.lang.NullPointerException
ERROR: 2007-10-01 13:52:34,758 [http-8080-Processor25] [action] - Servlet.service() for servlet action threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.swlAdminJ.bo.AdminLoginBO.findByName(AdminLoginBO.java:31)
at com.swlAdminJ.action.login.LoginSubmitAction.execute(LoginSubmitAction.java:32)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
.......



I found that the 'dataSource' in 'findByName(String aName, String aPwd)' of class 'AdminLoginBO' was null. I can't figure out why this dataSource is null. Does anyone have idea what causes the error? Thanks in advance.

Here are part of the code. I use Tomcat 5.5, struts 1.1, mysql 5.0 and Eclipse. 'mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar' is under '..\Tomcat5.5\common\lib'.

context.xml under 'WebRoot\META-INF' is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context >
<Resource
auth="Container"
description="DB Connection"
name="jdbc/myDataSource"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
maxIdle="2"
maxWait="5000"
username="root"
password="root"
url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/my_db?relaxAutoCommit=true"
validationQuery="select 1"
maxActive="4"/>
<WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>
<WatchedResource>META-INF/context.xml</WatchedResource>
</Context>

---------------------
web.xml (part of it)
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.4" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
<resource-ref>
<description>DB Connection</description>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/myDataSource</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>

<servlet>
.....
</servlet>
</web-app>
-----------------
Login action class (when 'submit'button is clicked, this one is executed):


public class LoginSubmitAction extends Action
{
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws Exception
{

ActionForward returnForward = null;
AdminLoginBO curAdminBO = AdminLoginBO.getInstance();

String userId = (String)((DynaValidatorForm)form).get("userId");
String pwd = (String)((DynaValidatorForm)form).get("password");

AdminLogin curAdmin = curAdminBO.findByName(userId, pwd);

ActionMessages errors = new ActionMessages();
HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);

if(curAdmin != null)
{
session.setAttribute("adminLogin", curAdmin);

returnForward = mapping.findForward("success");
}
else
....
}
}

--------------
AdminLoginBO.java (part of it)

public class AdminLoginBO extends BaseLinkBO
{
private static DataSource dataSource;

AdminLoginBO(DataSource dataSource)
{
super(dataSource);
}

AdminLoginBO()
{
super();
}

public AdminLogin findByName(String aName, String aPwd)
throws EntityNotFoundException, SQLException
{
Connection conn = dataSource.getConnection();
try
{
AdminLogin curAdmin = (new AdminLoginDAO(conn)).findByName(aName, aPwd);
conn.commit();
return curAdmin;
} catch (EntityNotFoundException e) {
conn.rollback();
throw e;
} catch (SQLException e) {
conn.rollback();
throw e;
} finally {
conn.close();
}
}
....
}

--------------------
BaseLinkBO.java (part of it)

public abstract class BaseLinkBO
{
protected final DataSource dataSource;

protected BaseLinkBO(DataSource dataSource)
{
this.dataSource = dataSource;
}

protected BaseLinkBO()
{
this.dataSource = ServiceLocator.getInstance().getDataSource();
}

......

}

-----------
ServiceLocator.java

public class ServiceLocator
{

private static ServiceLocator instance;
private DataSource dataSource;

static {
instance = new ServiceLocator();
}

private ServiceLocator () {
Context context = null;

try {
context = new InitialContext();
dataSource = (DataSource) context.lookup("java:/comp/env/jdbc/myDataSource");
}
catch (NamingException e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
}
}

public static ServiceLocator getInstance() {
return instance;
}

public DataSource getDataSource() {
return dataSource;
}

}
[ October 01, 2007: Message edited by: northcloud ]
 
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"northcloud", please check your private messages for an important message.
 
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Please use code tags in the future!



Is the private static dataSource variable hiding the one in the superclass (BaseLinkBO)?
 
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Thank you, Carol Enderlin. This is my mistake (I didn't notice it, so silly). Once I take off 'private static DataSource dataSource;' from class AdminLoginBO, it works. Thank you again. I am sorry I didn't use 'code' tag. I won't forget it for sure.

Originally posted by Carol Enderlin:
Please use code tags in the future!



Is the private static dataSource variable hiding the one in the superclass (BaseLinkBO)?

 
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"northcloud", I see that you have read my message regarding adjusting your display name to meet JavaRanch standards, but have ignored it. This is not optional. Please take a look at the JavaRanch Naming Policy and adjust your display name to match it prior to your next post.

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