NullPointerException from org.cloudfoundry.runtime.env.CloudEnvironment.getServiceInfo at Server startup - cloud-foundry

Question

I am trying to deploy a tomcat 7.0 web app as a standalone application based on the blog http://blog.cloudfoundry.org/2012/06/18/deploying-tomcat-7-using-the-standalone-framework/ with my-sql service. While this app works fine without a service, the server fails to start when I bind a MySQL service to the app. Below is the exception I get on server start up:
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:49 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized()
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:49 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized()
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:49 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: ContextListener: attributeAdded('org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCa
che', 'org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache#2fe6e305')
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:49 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Set web app root system property: 'webapp.root' = [/var/vcap/data/dea/apps
/log-app-0-0466f9837a2ada3db95aef1b77a78787/app/webapps/ROOT/]
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:49 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:50 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of clas
s org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean wit
h name 'mysql1': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang
.NullPointerException
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBean
Factory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1420)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBean
Factory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBean
Factory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getOb
ject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistr
y.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBe
an(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean
(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.
preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:563)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finish
BeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refres
h(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationCon
text(ContextLoader.java:276)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationConte
xt(ContextLoader.java:197)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitiali
zed(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContex
t.java:4797)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContex
t.java:5291)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase
.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:87
7)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.jav
a:1114)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig
.java:1673)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:44
1)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExec
utor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor
.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
**Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.cloudfoundry.runtime.env.CloudEnvironment.getServiceInfo(CloudEnv
ironment.java:150)**
at org.cloudfoundry.runtime.service.AbstractCloudServiceFactory.createIn
stance(AbstractCloudServiceFactory.java:54)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AbstractFactoryBean.afterPro
pertiesSet(AbstractFactoryBean.java:130)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBean
Factory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1477)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBean
Factory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1417)
... 26 more
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:50 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Closing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Mar 22, 2013 8:03:50 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Shutting down log4j
This is the localhost log obtained using
vmc files log-app app/logs/localhost.2013-03-22.log
Any help and insight on this issue is much appreciated.
Also, I would like to add that I am binding the service to the application during push. Here is the result of vmc app log-app command:
C:\Users\kinjal.doshi\apache-tomcat-7.0.35>vmc app log-app
log-app: running
platform: standalone on java
usage: 256M x 1 instance
urls: log-app.cloudfoundry.com
services: mysql-2

Answer 1

I have been able to resolve this issue. Just needed to add mysql connector jar to the tomcat 7.0 lib folder