1 Reply Latest reply on Jul 26, 2005 11:43 AM by m_ok

    simple null pointer issue in web app

    m_ok
    m_ok Jul 26, 2005 11:39 AM

      So I looked in Jira and the old forum but I couldn't find a mention of this.
      It's very simple, if you have no controller/variables under your task and task-node, as in :

      <start-state name="create new web sale order">
 <task swimlane="buyer">
 </task>
 <transition to="evaluate web order" />
 </start-state>


      ,when you click "save and close" you get: 


      11:09:52,156 ERROR [[/jbpm]] Root cause
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.jbpm.webapp.bean.TaskBean.save(TaskBean.java:86)
 at org.jbpm.webapp.bean.TaskBean.saveAndClose(TaskBean.java:116)
 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.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:138)
 at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:62)
 at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:106)
 at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastForPhase(UIViewRoot.java:110)
 at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:184)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.invokeApplication(LifecycleImpl.java:271)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:102)
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jbpm.webapp.filter.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:25)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jbpm.webapp.filter.PersistenceFilter.doFilter(PersistenceFilter.java:28)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jbpm.webapp.filter.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:19)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jbpm.webapp.filter.LogFilter.doFilter(LogFilter.java:38)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:81)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:39)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:153)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:59)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)


      because of this little piece of code: 
      public String save() {
 log.debug("saving the task parameters "+taskFormParameters);

 // collect the parameter values from the values that were updated in the
 // parameters by jsf.
 Map submitParameters = new HashMap();
-->> Iterator iter = taskFormParameters.iterator();


      Documentation says that variable attribute multiplicity is [0...*], btw.
      So there you go, hope this helps and that I'm not posting something that's already fixed.


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