[Geoserver-devel] NullPointerException

When I try to test my installation of geoserver by calling GetCapabilities, I
get the following error:

java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
org.vfny.geoserver.responses.GetCapabilitiesResponse.addFeatureTypeInfo(Unknown
Source)
  at org.vfny.geoserver.responses.GetCapabilitiesResponse.getXmlResponse(Unknown
Source)
  at org.vfny.geoserver.servlets.GetCapabilities.doGet(Unknown Source)
  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2396)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
  at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
  at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
  at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
  at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
  at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405)
  at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:380)
  at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508)
  at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:533)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

I've seen two other postings on this mailing list refering to this error, but
have not read any responses on the cause of the error. Any ideas?

Thanks,

David Robison