2 Replies Latest reply on Jun 18, 2008 11:57 AM by bibou

    java.lang.NullPointerException with <rich:pickList>

    bibou

      Hi every Body,

      I still getting a problem with my <rich:pickList> and really I need help. I got an error when executing the application, I debugged the application and I have notice that the problem cames from the PickList tag.

      the error is as follow:

      java.lang.NullPointerException
       at com.sun.facelets.util.FastWriter.write(FastWriter.java:77)
       at com.sun.facelets.StateWriter.write(StateWriter.java:116)
       at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlResponseWriter.write(HtmlResponseWriter.java:495)
       at org.richfaces.renderkit.PickListRenderer.encodeItem(PickListRenderer.java:194)
       at org.richfaces.renderkit.PickListRenderer.encodeRows(PickListRenderer.java:152)
       at org.richfaces.renderkit.PickListRenderer.encodeSourceRows(PickListRenderer.java:209)
       at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PickListRendererGen.doEncodeChildren(PickListRendererGen.java:344)
       at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PickListRendererGen.doEncodeChildren(PickListRendererGen.java:258)
       at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeChildren(RendererBase.java:121)
       at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
       at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java:282)
       at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChildren(RendererBase.java:262)
       at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.html.AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.encodeChildren(AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.java:79)
       at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
       at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:271)
       at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GridRenderer.encodeChildren(GridRenderer.java:242)
       at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
       at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
       at javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:137)
       at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
       at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
       at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:892)
       at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:592)
       at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:108)
       at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:189)
       at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:106)
       at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
       at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:144)
       at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.servletService(ApplicationFilterChain.java:411)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:317)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:198)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
       at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:85)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
       at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
       at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:73)
       at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:154)
       at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:260)
       at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:366)
       at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:493)
       at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:60)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
       at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
       at org.jboss.seam.debug.hot.HotDeployFilter.doFilter(HotDeployFilter.java:68)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:230)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:198)
       at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:390)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:230)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:198)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:288)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:271)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:202)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:94)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:206)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:571)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1080)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:150)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:571)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1080)
       at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:272)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(DefaultProcessorTask.java:637)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.doProcess(DefaultProcessorTask.java:568)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.process(DefaultProcessorTask.java:813)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.executeProcessorTask(DefaultReadTask.java:341)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.doTask(DefaultReadTask.java:263)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.doTask(DefaultReadTask.java:214)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.TaskBase.run(TaskBase.java:265)
       at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.ssl.SSLWorkerThread.run(SSLWorkerThread.java:106)


      My backing bean
      @Stateful
      @Name("adminAction")
      @Scope(ScopeType.SESSION)
      public class AdminActionBean implements AdminActionLocal {
      
      @Out(required=false)
       private List<Customer> companyNames;
      
       @Out(required=false)
       private ArrayList<SelectItem> companyNamesOption;
      
       @In(required=false)
       @Out(required=false)
       private List<Long> customersChoice = new ArrayList<Long>();
      
      public void selectCompanyNames(){
       setCompanyNames((List<Customer>) getEm().createQuery("select c from Customer c")
       .getResultList());
       }
      
       @Factory("companyNamesOption")
       public void selectCompanyNamesOption(){
      
       selectCompanyNames();
       for (int i=0;i <companyNames.size();i++){
       log.info("customers size =#0",companyNames.size());
       if(companyNamesOption== null)
       companyNamesOption = new ArrayList<SelectItem>();
       SelectItem item = new SelectItem(companyNames.get(i).getCustomerId(), companyNames.get(i).getCompanyName(), companyNames.get(i).getCompanyName() );
       companyNamesOption.add(item);
       log.info("customers size2 =#0",customers.size());
       }
       }
      ....
      // getter and setter
      ...
      


      and here is my .xhtml page:

      <rich:pickList id="customersChoice" value="#{adminAction.customersChoice}">
       <f:selectItems value="#{companyNamesOption}" />
       </rich:pickList>


      When debugging, the message error is displayed exactly after the selectCompanyNamesOption() method.

      thank you very much
      cheers

      bibou