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<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator" landingPage="/restrito/principal.xhtml" /> A workaround is the use of a jsp page that redirect to the xhtml page (JSF page). java.lang.NullPointerException: Name is null at java.lang.Enum.valueOf(Unknown Source) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet$HttpMethod.valueOf(FacesServlet.java:172) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.isHttpMethodValid(FacesServlet.java:627) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:549) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:582) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:302) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 29/08/2011 10:42:35 org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher invoke GRAVE: Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException: Name is null at java.lang.Enum.valueOf(Unknown Source) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet$HttpMethod.valueOf(FacesServlet.java:172) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.isHttpMethodValid(FacesServlet.java:627) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:549) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:473) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:402) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:329) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:466) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:315) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:179) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:302) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 29/08/2011 10:42:35 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve custom GRAVE: Exception Processing ErrorPage[exceptionType=java.lang.Exception, location=/erro_servidor.xhtml] java.lang.NullPointerException: Name is null at java.lang.Enum.valueOf(Unknown Source) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet$HttpMethod.valueOf(FacesServlet.java:172) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.isHttpMethodValid(FacesServlet.java:627) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:549) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:473) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:402) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:329) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:466) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:315) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:179) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:302) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
(In reply to comment #1) > No information provided. Sorry, save the information before entering futher information.
That is not a Tomcat problem.
To elaborate in order to avoid a REOPEN: Flávio, you must have an enumerated type that is broken.
(In reply to comment #5) > To elaborate in order to avoid a REOPEN: > > Flávio, you must have an enumerated type that is broken. From stacktrace and message it seems that valueOf(null) was called with null as a value of HTTP method. Looking at o.a.c.authenticator.FormAuthenticator class, there are three places where "new SavedRequest()" constructor is called: one is in #saveRequest(), two are in #authenticate(). When in #saveRequest() the created SavedRequest object is filled with data, but in #authenticate() only requestURI is set and thus SavedRequest#method remains null.
I take it back. It is a Tomcat problem. This has been fixed in 7.0.x and trunk and will be included in 7.0.21 onwards.