Unable to "Run on Server" a webapp from Eclipse

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When running my WebApp project from Eclipse most of times it run correctly. But if by mistake to stop server, I kill it in "Console" view on instead of "Stop" Server from "Servers" View. While running clean project I get this

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.wst.common.componentcore.internal.util.VirtualReferenceUtilities.getDefaultProjectArchiveName(VirtualReferenceUtilities.java:81)
at org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.componentcore.J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.getJavaClasspathReferences(J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.java:332)
at org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.componentcore.J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.getNonManifestRefs(J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.java:236)
at org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.componentcore.J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.getReferences(J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.java:160)
at org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.componentcore.J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.getReferences(J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.java:208)
at org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.componentcore.J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.getReferences(J2EEModuleVirtualComponent.java:201)
at org.eclipse.jst.common.internal.modulecore.SingleRootUtil.hasConsumableReferences(SingleRootUtil.java:217)
at org.eclipse.jst.common.internal.modulecore.SingleRootUtil.validateSingleRoot(SingleRootUtil.java:165)
at org.eclipse.jst.common.internal.modulecore.SingleRootUtil.isSingleRoot(SingleRootUtil.java:93)
at org.eclipse.jst.common.internal.modulecore.SingleRootExportParticipant.canOptimize(SingleRootExportParticipant.java:84)
at org.eclipse.wst.common.componentcore.internal.flat.FlatVirtualComponent.canOptimize(FlatVirtualComponent.java:136)
at org.eclipse.wst.common.componentcore.internal.flat.FlatVirtualComponent.cacheResources(FlatVirtualComponent.java:118)
at org.eclipse.wst.common.componentcore.internal.flat.FlatVirtualComponent.fetchResources(FlatVirtualComponent.java:101)
at org.eclipse.wst.web.internal.deployables.FlatComponentDeployable.members(FlatComponentDeployable.java:147)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.ModulePublishInfo.hasDelta(ModulePublishInfo.java:418)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.ServerPublishInfo.hasDelta(ServerPublishInfo.java:443)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server.hasPublishedResourceDelta(Server.java:1539)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server$ResourceChangeJob$1.visit(Server.java:214)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server.visitModule(Server.java:2929)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server.visit(Server.java:2913)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server$ResourceChangeJob.run(Server.java:225)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

And while launching I get this

SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base D:\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps\Webapp does not exist or is not a readable directory
    at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:142)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4319)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4488)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)

Please help recover from this.

tomcat6 eclipse-wtp eclipse
15 Answers

I have the exact same problem and exact exception, but I solved the problem just by specify package type of POM to war like "war" and right click the project and select 'Maven > Update Project Configuration', then re-deploy that web module to tomcat server, that's it!

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Steps which I followed and will work 100%:

  1. Clean your server and your server working directory by right clicking on the server
  2. Delete the server folder from your project explorer window
  3. Remove server from the runtime environment ie from Eclipse -> Window -> Preferences -> Server -> Runtime Environments
  4. Shut eclipse and start again
  5. Run the file on server again reconfigure the Apache server
  6. Problem is solved
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