My web application calls the backend via a CORBA call. When the code - orb.string_to_object(ior) is called, I get a NullPointerException.

My stack trace reveals specifically where the exception is occurring:

at com.sun.corba.se.internal.core.Profile.getEncapsulation(Profile.java:154)
at com.sun.corba.se.internal.core.IOR.putProfile(IOR.java:302)
at com.sun.corba.se.internal.core.IOR.setProfile(IOR.java:131)
at com.sun.corba.se.internal.core.IOR.read(IOR.java:231)
at com.sun.corba.se.internal.iiop.CDRInputStream.read_Object(CDRInputStream.java:585)
at com.sun.corba.se.internal.iiop.CDRInputStream.read_Object(CDRInputStream.java:578)
at com.sun.corba.se.internal.corba.ORB.string_to_object(ORB.java:1075)


This only happens in the JBoss+Tomcat deployment using JDK1.3.

Need Help.