title: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException
body: <p>i am getting below exception and tomcat hangs and my services are down.</p>
  
  <pre><code>SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at org.apache.jsp.search_005fresult_jsp._jspService(search_005fresult_jsp.java:86)
      at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
      at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:384)
      at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
      at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:228)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestFilterValve.process(RequestFilterValve.java:276)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve.invoke(RemoteAddrValve.java:81)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:517)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:216)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:634)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:445)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
  Sep 29, 2010 2:57:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationC
  </code></pre>