I couldn't find the Tomcat 6 bug database, so I am reporting this here.
I need to be able to add an ELResolver to the JspApplicationContext before any JSP is ever called. So, I do this in a ServletContextListener: JspFactory factory = JspFactory.getDefaultFactory(); JspApplicationContext appCtx = factory.getJspApplicationContext(servletContext); appCtx.addELResolver(myResolver); However, at this point the org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspRuntimeContext class has not been loaded. So, getDefaultFactory() returns null. If I add this to my code then everything works: Class.forName("org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspRuntimeContext"); Please let me know where the bug database is and I'll open a report. Thanks, Stan Silvert JBoss, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] callto://stansilvert