WebAuthentication class - IllegalStateException "request is

[clevelam]

I am attempting to use a programmatic security to login to a JBoss server.
I'm trying to passing in login credentials through the request object from one JBOSS server to a LoginServlet on another JBOSS server. The login servlet is hit... it has valid login credentials... but I always get a IllegalStateException thrown back at me when trying to use the WebAuthentication class.

If I use a login jsp sitting on the same server to try to login... everything works fine.

Any ideas ?

- Micah

[clevelam]

The exception I am getting is as follows:


java.lang.IllegalStateException: request is null
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.login.WebAuthentication.login(WebAuthen
tication.java:80)
at LoginServlet.doPost(LoginServlet.java:46)
at LoginServlet.doGet(LoginServlet.java:22)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:690)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl
icationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF
ilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDisp
atcher.java:654)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(Applica
tionDispatcher.java:445)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationD
ispatcher.java:379)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDis
patcher.java:292)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.j
ava:694)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.jav
a:665)
at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:54)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper
.java:373)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:3
36)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl
icationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF
ilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDisp
atcher.java:654)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(Applica
tionDispatcher.java:445)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationD
ispatcher.java:379)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDis
patcher.java:292)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator.forwardToLoginPag
e(FormAuthenticator.java:315)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator.authenticate(Form
Authenticator.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authentica
torBase.java:490)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValv
e.java:84)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.j
ava:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.j
ava:102)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedC
onnectionValve.java:157)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineVal
ve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.jav
a:262)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java
:844)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proce
ss(Http11Protocol.java:583)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:44
6)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
11:14:01,250 ERROR [[jsp]] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception

[mabimal]

Hello Clevelam,

Did you get any solution on it.?

I too am running with same problem...

The error is because(possible reason) in Login.jsp, the form submission target is parent

which is as shown here,

<form method="POST" name="loginform" action="/portal/LoginServlet" id="loginForm" target="_parent"
 style="margin:0;padding:0">

But not got the solution yet,
If you got any solution then let me know.

Regards
Mabimal