Hi there,

I used shale version 1.0.1 (struts-shale-20060121.zip), everything is just fine. But I want to update to the latest version shale-framework-1.0.3-SNAPSHOT (shale-framework-20060713.zip).

Tomcat server (version 5.5.15) can be started, but the first login page doesn't display. The following error was displayed in Tomcat Log file:

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2006-07-13 15:51:05,934 [http-8080-Processor25] DEBUG com.prenet.presentation.DebugPhaseListener - beforePhase(RESTORE_VIEW 1)

2006-07-13 15:51:05,950 [http-8080-Processor25] DEBUG com.prenet.presentation.PNViewController - new VC instance: class com.prenet.mac.presentation.HomeVC

2006-07-13 15:51:05,950 [http-8080-Processor25] DEBUG com.prenet.presentation.PNSessionBean - New PNSessionBean instance created for sessionID=AC480E41A2D8EE26FF1E8BAE7C1392C3

2006-07-13 15:51:05,965 [http-8080-Processor25] DEBUG com.prenet.mac.presentation.HomeVC - HomeVC -

2006-07-13 15:51:05,981 [http-8080-Processor25] ERROR org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/mac].[fa ces] - Servlet.service() for servlet faces threw exception

java.lang.NullPointerException

at org.apache.shale.tiger.faces.VariableResolverImpl.property(VariableResol verImpl.java:617)

at org.apache.shale.tiger.faces.VariableResolverImpl.create(VariableResolve rImpl.java:247)

at org.apache.shale.tiger.faces.VariableResolverImpl.resolveVariable(Variab leResolverImpl.java:192)

at org.apache.shale.faces.ShaleVariableResolver.resolveVariable(ShaleVariab leResolver.java:156)

at org.apache.shale.view.faces.ViewViewHandler.setupViewController(ViewView Handler.java:284)

at org.apache.shale.view.faces.ViewViewHandler.createView(ViewViewHandler.j ava:129)

at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.execute(RestoreViewPhase.java:1 64)

at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:200)

at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:90)

at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:197)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica tionFilterChain.java:252)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt erChain.java:173)

at org.apache.shale.faces.ShaleApplicationFilter.doFilter(ShaleApplicationF ilter.java:271)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica tionFilterChain.java:202)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt erChain.java:173)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatc her.java:672)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(Applicatio nDispatcher.java:463)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDisp atcher.java:398)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispat cher.java:301)

at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java :703)

at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:6 70)

at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:49)

at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.ja va:332)

at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)

at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica tionFilterChain.java:252)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt erChain.java:173)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValv e.java:213)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValv e.java:178)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java :126)

at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java :105)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve. java:107)

at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:1 48)

at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:86 9)

at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proc essConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:667)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint .java:527)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollow erWorkerThread.java:80)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool .java:684)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

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I have not idea why I got this error message. Please give me some help, I have to upgrade my shale framework.

Many thanks,