IllegalArgumentException: ServletContext must not be null

[Coffeejoy]

I'm getting the following error if i use the spring form tag.
Please help. I'm stuck with this forever error.

Nested Exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: ServletContext must not be null
at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.jav a:112)
at org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils.getDefaultHt mlEscape(WebUtils.java:178)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestCon text.initContext(RequestContext.java:215)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.JspAwareRe questContext.initContext(JspAwareRequestContext.ja va:76)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.JspAwareRe questContext.<init>(JspAwareRequestContext.java:50 )
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContex tAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:7 4)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.login_jsp._jspx_met h_form_form_0(login_jsp.java:97)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.login_jsp._jspServi ce(login_jsp.java:69)

and in my JSP I have this snippet.

<form:form commandName="webUser" method="post" >
<form:input path="userName" size="30" maxlength="80"/>
</form:form>

and in my porlet.xml I have this snippet.

<bean id="loginController" class="com.ea.nfs.portlets.login.controller.LoginC ontroller">
<property name="commandName" value="webUser"/>
<property name="commandClass" value="com.ea.nfs.model.WebUser"/>
<property name="formView" value="login"/>
<property name="successView" value="login"/>
</bean>

Thanks in advance.
Coffeejoy

[johnalewis]

You need to have an application context defined and loaded (even if its empty) at the webapp level (typically loaded by ContextLoaderListener defined in your web.xml), and then a separate application context defined and loaded for your portlet. The portlet gets access to the ServletContext via the application contexts.

Hope that helps!

[Coffeejoy]

Wow it worked. Thank you.