no access to ServletContext

[lrae]

This is a simple answer I'm sure -
1) implemented a javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet (JSE 1.4.2) with Tomcat4.1/Jboss3.2.3 within a .war directory
2) Trying to access the servlet context in the doget(). getServletConfig returns null; getServletContext throws a null pointer
3) There are context and config objects existing during the init() execution:
org.apache.cataline.core.StandardWrapperFacade
org.apache.cataline.core.ApplicationContextFacade
4) I have set the <context-root>/</context-root> in jboss-web.xml

Question:

What do I need to set in what .xml config file to get my webapplication (so far a single jsp) to be able to initialize the context

Thanks,

Linda Rae
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[bstansberry]

Which init() method are you overriding?

init()
or init(ServletConfig config)

If it's the latter, be sure the first line in the method body is

super.init(config);

or else the ServletConfig object will not be stored by the servlet and you will get the errors you report.

Better yet, override the no-arguments init(), as the purpose of the no-arg version is to avoid having to call super.init(config).

Best,
Brian