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Tomcat not reading context.xml on deployment

 
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Tomcat is not reading my context.xml file on deployment.

from logs:
SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor app.xml
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:576)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:535)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:470)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1181)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:292)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1304)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1568)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1577)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1557)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

I have never had this problem before, anyone seen this one before?
 
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Well I changed contextpath to same name as war file and it fixed it.
 
Don't get me started about those stupid light bulbs.
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