StandardContext[/jira]: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyLauncher java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

I restarted tomcat4 on my server which was running jira successfully just before i restarted tomcat.
after that i get an error 404 when i tried to access http://ground1.org/jira.
checked the tomcat log and found the following

2006-02-09 03:39:10 StandardContext[/jira]: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyLauncher
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyLauncher.contextInitialized(ConsistencyLauncher.java:25)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3212)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3554)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:774)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:760)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:548)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild(StandardHostDeployer.java:653)
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:324)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java:216)
at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:216)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:230)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1163)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1699)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.java:338)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:772)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:395)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:352)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:671)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1149)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
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:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.TreeMap.compare(TreeMap.java:1085)
at java.util.TreeMap.getEntry(TreeMap.java:345)
at java.util.TreeMap.containsKey(TreeMap.java:203)
at java.util.TreeSet.contains(TreeSet.java:195)
at org.ofbiz.core.entity.jdbc.DatabaseUtil.getColumnInfo(DatabaseUtil.java:897)
at org.ofbiz.core.entity.jdbc.DatabaseUtil.checkDb(DatabaseUtil.java:86)
at org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDAO.checkDb(GenericDAO.java:1295)
at org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericHelperDAO.checkDataSource(GenericHelperDAO.java:245)
at org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDelegator.<init>(GenericDelegator.java:147)
at org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDelegator.getGenericDelegator(GenericDelegator.java:89)
at com.atlassian.core.ofbiz.CoreFactory.getGenericDelegator(CoreFactory.java:33)
at com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager.registerComponents(ComponentManager.java:336)
at com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager.initialise(ComponentManager.java:197)
at com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager.<init>(ComponentManager.java:190)
at com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager.<clinit>(ComponentManager.java:178)
... 45 more

2006-02-09 03:39:10 StandardContext[/jira]: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
at com.atlassian.jira.ManagerFactory.getApplicationProperties(ManagerFactory.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.util.JiraLicenseRegistry.getAppProperties(JiraLicenseRegistry.java:21)
at com.atlassian.jira.util.JiraLicenseRegistry.getLicenseHash(JiraLicenseRegistry.java:41)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.util.JiraLicenseUtils.isLicenseSetup(JiraLicenseUtils.java:167)
at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.BuildAndLicenseEventCheck.doCheck(BuildAndLicenseEventCheck.java:45)
at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.BuildAndLicenseEventCheck.check(BuildAndLicenseEventCheck.java:39)
at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.contextInitialized(UpgradeLauncher.java:45)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3212)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3554)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:774)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:760)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:548)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild(StandardHostDeployer.java:653)
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:324)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java:216)
at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:216)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:230)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1163)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1699)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.java:338)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:772)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:395)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:352)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:671)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1149)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
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:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)

2006-02-09 03:39:10 StandardContext[/jira]: Context startup failed due to previous errors
2006-02-09 03:39:10 StandardContext[/jira]: Exception sending context destroyed event to listener instance of class com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyLauncher
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
at com.atlassian.jira.ManagerFactory.getServiceManager(ManagerFactory.java:293)
at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyCheckImpl.destroy(ConsistencyCheckImpl.java:85)
at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyLauncher.contextDestroyed(ConsistencyLauncher.java:33)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:3252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:3619)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3573)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:774)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:760)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:548)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild(StandardHostDeployer.java:653)
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:324)
at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java:216)
at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:216)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:230)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1163)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1699)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.java:338)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:772)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:395)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:352)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:671)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1149)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
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:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)