NullPointerException using loadbundle

Question

I'm a newbie to JSF and am getting a NullPointerException when trying to use the loadbundle tag. I saw someone else posted a similar post here but didn't see any resolution.
I'm using NetBeans 4.1 and have all of my property files in a package:
com.mycompany.myproject.bundles.Login.properties
com.mycompany.myproject.bundles.Login_en_US.properties
com.mycompany.myproject.bundles.Login_es_ES.properties
etc...
In the body of the html in my login.jsp file I'm using:
<f:loadBundle basename="com.mycompany.myproject.bundles.Login" var="loginBundle" />
I don't know if this is relavent, but this is how the url pattern looks in my web.xml:
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Anyone have any idea? TIA.

Answer 1

Nevermind I figured this out...
I had to manually add library references to jstl.jar and standard.jar. Don't know why they are automatically added? :-\
I also changed the url mapping to *.jsf (just my preference). During debugging with NetBeans you have to manually type in the name of the altered page name (login.jsf instead of login.jsp). I also added preventive-access security settings to the web.xml:
<security-constraint>
<display-name>Restrict access to JSP pages</display-name>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>
          Restrict access to JSP pages
</web-resource-name>
     <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
     </web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<description>
With no roles defined, no access granted
</description>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
That way the *.jsp pages cannot be accessed directly (since they need to go through the faces servelet via *.jsf).
Sort of a pain-in-the-ass IMO.