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An error occurred in the bean. Error Message is: java.lang.NullPointerException
Stack Trace is :

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:598)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:514)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:386)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:330)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:728)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:591)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:527)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspRuntimeLibrary.include(JspRuntimeLibrary.java:868)
	at org.apache.jsp.header_jsp._jspService(header_jsp.java:194)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:476)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:386)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:330)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:728)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:591)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:527)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspRuntimeLibrary.include(JspRuntimeLibrary.java:868)
	at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:111)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:476)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:386)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:330)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:199)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:543)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:678)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
	at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.service(AjpProcessor.java:482)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:810)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1623)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at Database.Category.CategoryModel.getCategories(CategoryModel.java:74)
	at Database.Category.CategoryControl.getSubMenus(CategoryControl.java:74)
	at org.apache.jsp.menu_jsp._jspService(menu_jsp.java:118)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:476)
	... 51 more