HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read the array length because "cookies" is null


type Exception report

message java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read the array length because "cookies" is null

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

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read the array length because "cookies" is null
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:549)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:470)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read the array length because "cookies" is null
	org.apache.jsp.forsite.forsite_005fmain_005fpre_jsp._jspService(forsite_005fmain_005fpre_jsp.java:139)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.57 logs.


Apache Tomcat/7.0.57