How can I figure out this error?
HTTP Status 500 - type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
java.lang.NullPointerException p1.Download.doGet(Download.java:76) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:622) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:393) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/8.0.27 logs.
Apache Tomcat/8.0.27
Code:
package p1;
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*/
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
/**
*
* @author Admin
*/
public class Download extends HttpServlet
{
/**
* Processes requests for both HTTP <code>GET</code> and <code>POST</code>
* methods.
*
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
* @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
*/
protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
try (PrintWriter out = response.getWriter())
{
/* TODO output your page here. You may use following sample code. */
out.println("<!DOCTYPE html>");
out.println("<html>");
out.println("<head>");
out.println("<title>Servlet Download</title>");
out.println("</head>");
out.println("<body>");
out.println("<h1>Servlet Download at " + request.getContextPath() + "</h1>");
out.println("</body>");
out.println("</html>");
}
}
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="HttpServlet methods. Click on the + sign on the left to edit the code.">
/**
* Handles the HTTP <code>GET</code> method.
*
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
* @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
*/
@Override
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
response.setContentType("application/jar");
ServletContext ctx=getServletContext();
InputStream is=ctx.getResourceAsStream("/filefroup1.jar");
int read=0;
byte[] bytes=new byte[1024];
OutputStream os=response.getOutputStream();
while((read=is.read(bytes))!=-1)
{
os.write(bytes, 0, read);
}
os.flush();
os.close();
}
/**
* Handles the HTTP <code>POST</code> method.
*
* @param request servlet request
* @param response servlet response
* @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
*/
@Override
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
processRequest(request, response);
}
/**
* Returns a short description of the servlet.
*
* @return a String containing servlet description
*/
@Override
public String getServletInfo()
{
return "Short description";
}// </editor-fold>
}
<html>
<head>
<title>TODO supply a title</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
<form action="/Download">
<input type="submit" value="download">
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Download</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>p1.Download</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Download</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Download</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>
30
</session-timeout>
</session-config>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
