it will throw exception when I logout . The following is the steps. 1.When I change some code,I use ant deploy tool to deploy my war package. tool: <taskdef name="deploy" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.DeployTask" /> 2. I logout ,don't close web page window. --> session.invalidate(); 1st time, it do nothing. second time, it will throw java.lang.NullPointerException exception. this is the exception. HTTP Status 500 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service (JspServletWrapper.java:254) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile (JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.gnu.web.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter (SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:112) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke (StandardWrapperValve.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke (StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke (AuthenticatorBase.java:494) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke (StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke (StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke (ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke (ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.invoke (SingleSignOn.java:400) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke (StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service (CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process (Http11Processor.java:594) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnectio n(Http11Protocol.java:392) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt (PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run (ThreadPool.java:619) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) root cause java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.expire (StandardSession.java:644) at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.expire (StandardSession.java:608) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.deregister (SingleSignOn.java:475) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.sessionEvent (SingleSignOn.java:304) at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.fireSessionEvent (StandardSession.java:1510) at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.expire (StandardSession.java:639) at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.expire (StandardSession.java:608) at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.invalidate (StandardSession.java:1037) at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.invalidate (StandardSessionFacade.java:211) at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.invalidate (StandardSessionFacade.java:211) at org.apache.jsp.logout_jsp._jspService(logout_jsp.java:43) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service (JspServletWrapper.java:210) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile (JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.gnu.web.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter (SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:112) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke (StandardWrapperValve.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke (StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke (AuthenticatorBase.java:494) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke (StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke (StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke (ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke (ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.invoke (SingleSignOn.java:400) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke (StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNex t(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke (StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service (CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process (Http11Processor.java:594) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnectio n(Http11Protocol.java:392) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt (PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run (ThreadPool.java:619) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Tomcat/4.1.24
There is not enough information about your applciation configuration to setup a test case to debug this issue. You appear to be using single-sign on. 4.1.30 fixes a number of SSO issues.