topic Context initialization failed java.lang.NullPointerException in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154398#M108858 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>16:07:19,890 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.xml.XMLConfigService$PropertyConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/file-servers.properties]<BR />16:07:23,953 WARN&nbsp; [org.springframework.remoting.rmi.RmiRegistryFactoryBean] Could not detect RMI registry - creating new one<BR />16:07:32,187 ERROR [org.alfresco.repo.content.transform.swf.PDFToSWFContentTransformer] Failed to start SWF2PDF transformer: <BR />Execution result: <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; os:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Windows 2003<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; command:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pdf2swf -V<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; succeeded:&nbsp; false<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; exit code:&nbsp; 1<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; out:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; err:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cannot run program "pdf2swf": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified<BR />16:07:34,250 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.domain.schema.SchemaBootstrap] Schema managed by database dialect org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLInnoDBDialect.<BR />16:07:39,187 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.domain.schema.SchemaBootstrap] No changes were made to the schema.<BR />16:07:43,609 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.repo.node.index.FullIndexRecoveryComponent] Index recovery started: 42,030 transactions.<BR />16:08:09,156 ERROR [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] Context initialization failed<BR />java.lang.NullPointerException<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.db.DbNodeServiceImpl.getPropertiesImpl(DbNodeServiceImpl.java:1099)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.db.DbNodeServiceImpl.getProperties(DbNodeServiceImpl.java:1084)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor222.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:281)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:187)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:154)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.SingleEntryTransactionResourceInterceptor.invokeInternal(SingleEntryTransactionResourceInterceptor.java:169)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.SingleEntryTransactionResourceInterceptor.invoke(SingleEntryTransactionResourceInterceptor.java:138)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:176)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:210)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at $Proxy3.getProperties(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor222.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.service.StoreRedirectorProxyFactory$RedirectorInvocationHandler.invoke(StoreRedirectorProxyFactory.java:221)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at $Proxy4.getProperties(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.ADMLuceneIndexerImpl.createDocuments(ADMLuceneIndexerImpl.java:565)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.indexImpl(AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.java:632)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.indexImpl(AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.java:657)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.flushPending(AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.java:789)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.ADMLuceneIndexerImpl.doPrepare(ADMLuceneIndexerImpl.java:1410)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.prepare(AbstractLuceneIndexerImpl.java:472)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.AbstractLuceneIndexerAndSearcherFactory.prepare(AbstractLuceneIndexerAndSearcherFactory.java:700)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport$TransactionSynchronizationImpl.beforeCommit(AlfrescoTransactionSupport.java:622)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationUtils.triggerBeforeCommit(TransactionSynchronizationUtils.java:48)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.triggerBeforeCommit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:821)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.processCommit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:637)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.commit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:624)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.commitTransactionAfterReturning(TransactionAspectSupport.java:307)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.util.transaction.SpringAwareUserTransaction.commit(SpringAwareUserTransaction.java:431)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:256)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.index.FullIndexRecoveryComponent.reindexTransaction(FullIndexRecoveryComponent.java:387)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.index.FullIndexRecoveryComponent.performFullRecovery(FullIndexRecoveryComponent.java:297)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.index.FullIndexRecoveryComponent.reindexImpl(FullIndexRecoveryComponent.java:194)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.index.AbstractReindexComponent$1.execute(AbstractReindexComponent.java:216)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:242)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:191)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.index.AbstractReindexComponent.reindex(AbstractReindexComponent.java:220)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.node.index.IndexRecoveryBootstrapBean.onBootstrap(IndexRecoveryBootstrapBean.java:35)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.util.AbstractLifecycleBean.onApplicationEvent(AbstractLifecycleBean.java:62)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:77)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecutor.java:49)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:75)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:241)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:349)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:156)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:246)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:184)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3830)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4337)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:714)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1138)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:566)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)<BR /><SPAN 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/><SPAN>Trying to install the 3a.1032 nightly WAR build on an existing tomcat installation. Can't figure out why it keeps failing….</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:15:59 GMT tonytony 2008-08-01T20:15:59Z Context initialization failed java.lang.NullPointerException https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154398#M108858 16:07:19,890 INFO&nbsp; [org.alfresco.config.xml.XMLConfigService$PropertyConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/file-servers.properties]16:07:23,953 WARN&nbsp; [org.springframework.remoting.rmi.RmiRegistryFactoryBean] Could not detect RMI registry - creating new one16:07:32,18 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:15:59 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154398#M108858 tonytony 2008-08-01T20:15:59Z Re: Context initialization failed java.lang.NullPointerException https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154399#M108859 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>any news on this error?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:52:16 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154399#M108859 mvdheiden 2008-08-15T17:52:16Z Re: Context initialization failed java.lang.NullPointerException https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154400#M108860 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I dropped the database and started over with the last nightly build…</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:08:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154400#M108860 tonytony 2008-08-15T19:08:43Z Re: Context initialization failed java.lang.NullPointerException https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154401#M108861 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">I dropped the database and started over with the last nightly build…</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>and it works fine for you?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:12:30 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154401#M108861 mvdheiden 2008-08-15T19:12:30Z Re: Context initialization failed java.lang.NullPointerException https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154402#M108862 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Fine?&nbsp; :wink: </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Well, I started fresh.&nbsp; The alfresco system is working, but the share (slingshot) is still a little flaky. My alfresco add on isn't configuring. And every night the whole system freezes. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To be expected in a nightly release, but whatever was causing the null pointer is not happening anymore.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:03:12 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/context-initialization-failed-java-lang-nullpointerexception/m-p/154402#M108862 tonytony 2008-08-20T14:03:12Z