[b]Hibernate version:[3.2.0.alpha2]

[b]Name and version of the database you are using:[postgresql]

I´m running Tomcat 5.5.16 and I´m getting the following error at startup:

2006-05-16 16:16:56,990 FATAL org.hibernate.ejb.packaging.PersistenceXmlLoader - shop RESOURCE_LOCAL
FATAL org.hibernate.ejb.packaging.PersistenceXmlLoader - shop RESOURCE_LOCAL
ERROR org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/shop] - Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class de.shop.util.shopContextListener
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164)
at de.shop.util.shopContextListener.contextInitialized(shopContextListener.java:19)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:589)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:275)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: javax.persistence.PersistenceException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.createEntityManagerFactory(Ejb3Configuration.java:173)
at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:103)
at javax.persistence.Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(Persistence.java:37)
at javax.persistence.Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(Persistence.java:27)
at de.shop.util.DbUtil.<clinit>(DbUtil.java:14)
... 18 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.hibernate.ejb.packaging.PersistenceXmlLoader.deploy(PersistenceXmlLoader.java:68)
at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.createEntityManagerFactory(Ejb3Configuration.java:139)
... 22 more
ERROR org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/shop] - Exception sending context destroyed event to listener instance of class de.shop.util.shopContextListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class de.shop.util.DbUtil
at de.shop.util.shopContextListener.contextDestroyed(shopContextListener.java:29)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:3770)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4331)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:589)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:275)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)


Any suggestions or recommendations?

Cheers,

Mario