jpublish-1.3 newbie tomcat 4.1.12 problem

I've dropped the three .war files into my webapps directory, and tomcat has
unpacked them, but when I try to invoke any of publish-{docs,example}/ I get
the following exception:

Could someone point where I should be looking?

Thanks in advance!

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HTTP Status 500 -



type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it
from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException
at org.jpublish.servlet.JPublishServlet.doPost(Unknown Source)
at org.jpublish.servlet.JPublishServlet.doGet(Unknown Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConne
ction(Http11Protocol.java:380)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav
a:533)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)


root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.parse(RuntimeInstance.java:628)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.parse(RuntimeInstance.java:613)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeSingleton.parse(RuntimeSingleton.java:303
)
at org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity.evaluate(Velocity.java:325)
at org.jpublish.Template.merge(Unknown Source)
at org.jpublish.servlet.JPublishServlet.doPost(Unknown Source)
at org.jpublish.servlet.JPublishServlet.doGet(Unknown Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConne
ction(Http11Protocol.java:380)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav
a:533)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
org.jpublish.TemplateMergeException
at org.jpublish.Template.merge(Unknown Source)
at org.jpublish.servlet.JPublishServlet.doPost(Unknown Source)
at org.jpublish.servlet.JPublishServlet.doGet(Unknown Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok
eNext(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConne
ction(Http11Protocol.java:380)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav
a:533)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)




Apache Tomcat/4.1



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