title: HTTP Status 500 - An exception occurred processing JSP page /FinancialAssessment.jsp at line 440
body: <p>Following is the exact error.</p>
  
  <p>Type Exception report:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>message An exception occurred processing JSP page /FinancialAssessment.jsp at line 440</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Description:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Exception:</p>
  
  <pre><code>org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An exception occurred processing JSP page /FinancialAssessment.jsp at line 440
  
  437:                
  438:                    
  439:                
  440:                
  
      if(std.prev_treatment_start_date.equals("null"))
      441:                {
      442:                    System.out.println("out by krishna------------");
  
  443:                    
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Stacktrace:</p>
  
  <pre><code>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:568)
      org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:470)
      org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
      org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>root cause:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.NullPointerException
      org.apache.jsp.FinancialAssessment_jsp._jspService(FinancialAssessment_jsp.java:542)
      org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
      org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
      org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
      org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
  </code></pre>