Java.lang.StackOverflowError when calling servlet

Question

I have written a servlet(Happy) from which is dispatching cerain parameters to bookList.jsp for display
RequestDispatcher dispatcher = request.getRequestDispatcher("bookList.jsp");
request.setAttribute("hello",na);
dispatcher.forward(request, response);
and in the web.xml if i give the url pattern as
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
and try to call the servlet like say the project is J2EE
http://localhost:8080/J2EE/start
i get error
[[Happy]] Servlet.service() for servlet Happy threw exception
java.lang.StackOverflowError
why i am getting StackOverflowError exception
If i give any other thing in url-pattern like /start
then i dont get any exception and it works and jsp page is displayed
could anybody please help
Thanks
Bhanu

Answer 1

i am getting the same problem , please tell me if you find solution. my problem is i create a bean and i am accessing in a select and collections tags,
first i done , by specify the bean in the struts-config.xml and used in the select-collection tag, it is working successfully.
next i try assign valued to that bean in action class then i am getting these errors,
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception
Servlet.service() java.lang.StackOverflowError
could you please solve my problem.....
regards,
ravikumar.m
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