I'm trying to run a report via a servlet in tomcat, I have followed the servlet example in <br />
<a class='bbc_url' href='
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Servlet_Example_(BIRT)_2.1'>http://wiki.eclipse.org/Servlet_Example_(BIRT)_2.1</a><br />
except that I have specified the report name.<br />
I get the following error:<br />
<br />
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet WebReport threw exception<br />
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)<br />
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)<br />
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)<br />
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)<br />
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)<br />
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)<br />
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)<br />
java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)<br />
<br />
<br />
root cause <br />
<br />
java.lang.NullPointerException<br />
java.util.Properties$LineReader.readLine(Unknown Source)<br />
java.util.Properties.load(Unknown Source)<br />
BirtEngine.loadEngineProps(Unknown Source)<br />
BirtEngine.initBirtConfig(Unknown Source)<br />
WebReport.init(Unknown Source)<br />
javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212)<br />
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)<br />
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)<br />
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)<br />
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)<br />
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)<br />
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)<br />
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)<br />
java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)<br />
<br />
I kindly request urgent help.