rich:fileUpload getting NullPointerException, code similar w
ninekays Sep 8, 2009 5:29 AMHi,
Im trying the <rich:uploadFile> tag from Richfaces, and I ran into error, I was kinda hoping i could get some info from the forum.
my code is as follows
<body> <f:view> <h:form> <rich:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{uploadBean.listener}" id="upload" acceptedTypes="jpg, gif, png, bmp" > </rich:fileUpload> </h:form> </f:view> </body>
My uploadBean class has listener method, and it looks like the following:
public void listener(UploadEvent event) throws Exception { log.debug("listener called"); UploadItem item = event.getUploadItem(); File file = new File(); file.setLength(item.getData().length); file.setName(item.getFileName()); file.setData(item.getData()); log.debug(file.getName()); }
Basically, it looks almost identical with the RichFaces livedemo. However, I am getting the following error:
[15:26:48][ERROR] BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter: Exception in the filter chain javax.servlet.ServletException at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:277) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:178) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:347) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:495) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.faces.mgbean.ManagedMapBeanBuilder.bake(ManagedMapBeanBuilder.java:73) at com.sun.faces.mgbean.BeanManager.preProcessBean(BeanManager.java:311) at com.sun.faces.mgbean.BeanManager.create(BeanManager.java:201) at com.sun.faces.el.ManagedBeanELResolver.getValue(ManagedBeanELResolver.java:86) at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:143) at com.sun.faces.el.FacesCompositeELResolver.getValue(FacesCompositeELResolver.java:72) at org.apache.el.parser.AstIdentifier.getValue(AstIdentifier.java:61) at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getTarget(AstValue.java:63) at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:168) at org.apache.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:276) at com.sun.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:68) at com.sun.facelets.el.LegacyMethodBinding.invoke(LegacyMethodBinding.java:69) at org.richfaces.component.UIFileUpload.broadcast(UIFileUpload.java:190) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:321) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:294) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processPhase(AjaxViewRoot.java:253) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processDecodes(AjaxViewRoot.java:409) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ApplyRequestValuesPhase.execute(ApplyRequestValuesPhase.java:78) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265) ... 18 more
anybody can help me out where I did wrong? Thank you in advance :D
My environment spec is:
- tomcat 6.0.18
- jdk 1.5
- facelets