title: Tomcat: Failed to destroy end point associated with ProtocolHandler
body: <p><strong>Problem:</strong> Running my project on a <code>tomcat</code> I get the following issue:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>SCHWERWIEGEND: Failed to destroy end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["ajp-nio-8009"]
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.releaseCaches(NioEndpoint.java:316)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.unbind(NioEndpoint.java:492)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.destroy(AbstractEndpoint.java:821)
      at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.destroy(AbstractProtocol.java:534)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.destroyInternal(Connector.java:1023)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.destroy(LifecycleBase.java:297)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.destroyInternal(StandardService.java:589)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.destroy(LifecycleBase.java:297)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.destroyInternal(StandardServer.java:877)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.destroy(LifecycleBase.java:297)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:633)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:351)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:485)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Question:</strong> Is the problem caused by my web.xml file?</p>
  
  <p>web.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.1"&gt;
    &lt;display-name&gt;SMS Cloud Service&lt;/display-name&gt;
  
  
  &lt;/web-app&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>HomeController.java</p>
  
  <pre><code>  @RestController
      public class HomeController {
  
          private final MachineRepository machineRepository;
  
          @Autowired
          HomeController(MachineRepository machineRepository) {
              this.machineRepository = machineRepository;
          }
  
          @RequestMapping(value = "/maschine/getAll", method = RequestMethod.GET)
          Iterable&lt;Machine&gt; readMachines(@PathVariable String userId) {
  
              return this.machineRepository.findAll();
          }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> I am running the project on </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Spring Tool Suite </p>
    
    <p>Version: 3.7.3.RELEASE Build Id: 201602251025 Platform: Eclipse Neon
    (4.6)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Tomcat's server.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?&gt;
  &lt;!--
    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
  
        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  
    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.
  --&gt;
  &lt;!-- Note:  A "Server" is not itself a "Container", so you may not
       define subcomponents such as "Valves" at this level.
       Documentation at /docs/config/server.html
   --&gt;
  &lt;Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN"&gt;
    &lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener" /&gt;
    &lt;!-- Security listener. Documentation at /docs/config/listeners.html
    &lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener" /&gt;
    --&gt;
    &lt;!--APR library loader. Documentation at /docs/apr.html --&gt;
    &lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" SSLEngine="on" /&gt;
    &lt;!-- Prevent memory leaks due to use of particular java/javax APIs--&gt;
    &lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener" /&gt;
    &lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener" /&gt;
    &lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.ThreadLocalLeakPreventionListener" /&gt;
  
    &lt;!-- Global JNDI resources
         Documentation at /docs/jndi-resources-howto.html
    --&gt;
    &lt;GlobalNamingResources&gt;
      &lt;!-- Editable user database that can also be used by
           UserDatabaseRealm to authenticate users
      --&gt;
      &lt;Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
                type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
                description="User database that can be updated and saved"
                factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
                pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" /&gt;
    &lt;/GlobalNamingResources&gt;
  
    &lt;!-- A "Service" is a collection of one or more "Connectors" that share
         a single "Container" Note:  A "Service" is not itself a "Container",
         so you may not define subcomponents such as "Valves" at this level.
         Documentation at /docs/config/service.html
     --&gt;
    &lt;Service name="Catalina"&gt;
  
      &lt;!--The connectors can use a shared executor, you can define one or more named thread pools--&gt;
      &lt;!--
      &lt;Executor name="tomcatThreadPool" namePrefix="catalina-exec-"
          maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="4"/&gt;
      --&gt;
  
  
      &lt;!-- A "Connector" represents an endpoint by which requests are received
           and responses are returned. Documentation at :
           Java HTTP Connector: /docs/config/http.html (blocking &amp; non-blocking)
           Java AJP  Connector: /docs/config/ajp.html
           APR (HTTP/AJP) Connector: /docs/apr.html
           Define a non-SSL/TLS HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080
      --&gt;
      &lt;Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
                 connectionTimeout="20000"
                 redirectPort="8443" /&gt;
      &lt;!-- A "Connector" using the shared thread pool--&gt;
      &lt;!--
      &lt;Connector executor="tomcatThreadPool"
                 port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
                 connectionTimeout="20000"
                 redirectPort="8443" /&gt;
      --&gt;
      &lt;!-- Define a SSL/TLS HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443
           This connector uses the NIO implementation that requires the JSSE
           style configuration. When using the APR/native implementation, the
           OpenSSL style configuration is required as described in the APR/native
           documentation --&gt;
      &lt;!--
      &lt;Connector port="8443" protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol"
                 maxThreads="150" SSLEnabled="true" scheme="https" secure="true"
                 clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" /&gt;
      --&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 --&gt;
      &lt;Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443" /&gt;
  
  
      &lt;!-- An Engine represents the entry point (within Catalina) that processes
           every request.  The Engine implementation for Tomcat stand alone
           analyzes the HTTP headers included with the request, and passes them
           on to the appropriate Host (virtual host).
           Documentation at /docs/config/engine.html --&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- You should set jvmRoute to support load-balancing via AJP ie :
      &lt;Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="jvm1"&gt;
      --&gt;
      &lt;Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost"&gt;
  
        &lt;!--For clustering, please take a look at documentation at:
            /docs/cluster-howto.html  (simple how to)
            /docs/config/cluster.html (reference documentation) --&gt;
        &lt;!--
        &lt;Cluster className="org.apache.catalina.ha.tcp.SimpleTcpCluster"/&gt;
        --&gt;
  
        &lt;!-- Use the LockOutRealm to prevent attempts to guess user passwords
             via a brute-force attack --&gt;
        &lt;Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.LockOutRealm"&gt;
          &lt;!-- This Realm uses the UserDatabase configured in the global JNDI
               resources under the key "UserDatabase".  Any edits
               that are performed against this UserDatabase are immediately
               available for use by the Realm.  --&gt;
          &lt;Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
                 resourceName="UserDatabase"/&gt;
        &lt;/Realm&gt;
  
        &lt;Host name="localhost"  appBase="webapps"
              unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"&gt;
  
          &lt;!-- SingleSignOn valve, share authentication between web applications
               Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html --&gt;
          &lt;!--
          &lt;Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn" /&gt;
          --&gt;
  
          &lt;!-- Access log processes all example.
               Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
               Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using pattern="common" --&gt;
          &lt;Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
                 prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
                 pattern="%h %l %u %t &amp;quot;%r&amp;quot; %s %b" /&gt;
  
        &lt;/Host&gt;
      &lt;/Engine&gt;
    &lt;/Service&gt;
  &lt;/Server&gt;
  </code></pre>