Why this code getting http 500 error?

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HTTP Status 500 - Internal Server Error

type Exception report

messageInternal Server Error

descriptionThe server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.NullPointerException
root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
note The full stack traces of the exception and its root causes are available in the GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1.1 logs.

GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1.1

What I have tried:

<%
    String uname=request.getParameter("username");
    String pwd=request.getParameter("password");
    
    if(uname.equals("aksa") && pwd.equals("7788"))
    {
        String redirect = "admin.jsp";
        response.sendRedirect(redirect);
    }
    else
    {
        out.println("username or password is incorrect");
    }
%>

Posted 25-Apr-20 0:30am

BinthLafeer

Updated 25-Apr-20 1:09am

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Solution 2

To add to what Richard has said, a null reference error one of the most common problems we get asked about, and it's also the one we are least equipped to answer, but you are most equipped to answer yourself.

Let me just explain what the error means: You have tried to use a variable, property, or a method return value but it contains null - which means that there is no instance of a class in the variable.
It's a bit like a pocket: you have a pocket in your shirt, which you use to hold a pen. If you reach into the pocket and find there isn't a pen there, you can't sign your name on a piece of paper - and you will get very funny looks if you try! The empty pocket is giving you a null value (no pen here!) so you can't do anything that you would normally do once you retrieved your pen. Why is it empty? That's the question - it may be that you forgot to pick up your pen when you left the house this morning, or possibly you left the pen in the pocket of yesterdays shirt when you took it off last night.

We can't tell, because we weren't there, and even more importantly, we can't even see your shirt, much less what is in the pocket!

Back to computers, and you have done the same thing, somehow - and we can't see your code, much less run it and find out what contains null when it shouldn't.
But you can - and your IDE will help you here. Run your program in the debugger and when it fails, it will show you the line it found the problem on. You can then start looking at the various parts of it to see what value is null and start looking back through your code to find out why. So put a breakpoint at the beginning of the method containing the error line, and run your program from the start again. This time, the app will stop before the error, and let you examine what is going on by stepping through the code looking at your values.

But we can't do that - we don't have your code, we don't know how to use it if we did have it, we don't have your data. So try it - and see how much information you can find out!

Posted 25-Apr-20 1:10am

OriginalGriff

Updated 25-Apr-20 1:11am

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-25T00:40:00

Solution 1

java.lang.NullPointerException

Somewhere in your server code you are trying to use a reference that has not been initialised. You will need to use your debugger to find it.

Posted 25-Apr-20 0:40am

Richard MacCutchan