i got this exception everytime i try to load my webapp: exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.NullPointerException org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:538) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:370) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) root cause java.lang.NullPointerException org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspInit(index_jsp.java:22) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.init(HttpJspBase.java:52) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:164) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:340) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) how can i solve this exception?