javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet webwork threw exception at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:963) ... root cause java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate VelocityEngine\! at com.opensymphony.webwork.views.velocity.VelocityManager.newVelocityEngine(VelocityManager.java:333) at com.opensymphony.webwork.views.velocity.VelocityManager.init(VelocityManager.java:146) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.init(ServletDispatcher.java:177) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:935) |
(Thanks to Keith Lea!)
It turns out Velocity's Avalon logging system was trying to write to my Tomcat folder.
So that it's on file somewhere for other people, I will describe the solution:
velocity.properties" and placed it in my WEB-INF/classes folder.runtime.log.logsystem.class=org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.NullLogSystem |
This stops Velocity from logging, and the example application now works.