Null pointer exception in HFSJ for context listener

[santosh malviya]

Hello forum,

I am following Head First Servlet JSP and wrote according to the book for context listener but getting NullPointer exception in ListenerTester.java. Here is my code for same:

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("test context attributes set by listener <br>");
out.println("<br>");
Dog dog = (Dog) getServletContext().getAttribute("dog"); // showing null here
out.println("Dog's breed is :" + dog.getBreed());
}

When I wrote this it was running well but after then it's showing null pointer exception. If some one have any idea then please help.

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

santosh malviya wrote:

Dog dog = (Dog) getServletContext().getAttribute("dog"); // showing null here 

Where are you setting your "dog" attribute? Is it not in the request?

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[santosh malviya]

Hello Mohamed,

I am setting dog attribute in MyServletContextListener.java file which is as follows: -

public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
ServletContext sc = event.getServletContext();
String dogBreed = sc.getInitParameter("breed");
Dog d = new Dog(dogBreed);
sc.setAttribute("dog", d);
}

and following is my web.xml: -

<servlet>
<servlet-name>ListenerTester</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.example.ListenerTester</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>ListenerTester</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/ListenTest.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<context-param>
<param-name>breed</param-name>
<param-value>Great Dane</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listner-class>
com.example.MyServletContextListener
</listner-class>
</listener>

In the book it's written if you get nullpointer then you have to see whether listener is being called or not, but I can't see this listener in log. Any pointer?

[Prasad Krishnegowda]

santosh malviya wrote:<listner-class>
com.example.MyServletContextListener
</listner-class>

Note that listner-class has to be listener-class.. Is it a typo mistake?
Can, you provide us the stack trace..

[santosh malviya]

Thank you Prasad, it worked, there was a typo in listener-class.