Note to self:  If Tomcat 5 sends an error that you don't have components in your web app  (wtf?), just stop that server, remove the folder which Tomcat 5 extracted from your WAR file, redeploy (for guaranteed freshness), and start Tomcat 5 again.
 
That should do it.
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