[IceFaces] NullPointerException when accessing JSFServerSess
elgwappo Nov 7, 2008 8:50 AMHi,
I'm currently evaluating JSFUnit for unit testing our JSF / IceFaces applications (testing on Tomcat 5.5). I've tried to implement a simple unit test (as the one described in JSFUnit's 'getting started' guide, but every time the JSFServerSession is accessed to retrieve the current view, a NullPointerException is thrown (see code below).
public void testInitialPage() throws IOException { JSFSession jsfSession = new JSFSession("/index.jsp"); JSFClientSession client = jsfSession.getJSFClientSession(); JSFServerSession server = jsfSession.getJSFServerSession(); assertEquals("/index.jsp", server.getCurrentViewID());
Stacktrace:
null java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.jsfunit.jsfsession.JSFServerSession.getCurrentViewID(JSFServerSession.java:69) at com.testapp.ui.backingbean.EntryPageBean2Test.testInitialPage(EntryPageBean2Test.java:40) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.cactus.internal.AbstractCactusTestCase.runBareServer(AbstractCactusTestCase.java:153) at org.apache.cactus.internal.server.AbstractWebTestCaller.doTest(AbstractWebTestCaller.java:119) at org.apache.cactus.internal.server.AbstractWebTestController.handleRequest_aroundBody0(AbstractWebTestController.java:93) at org.apache.cactus.internal.server.AbstractWebTestController.handleRequest_aroundBody1$advice(AbstractWebTestController.java:224) at org.apache.cactus.internal.server.AbstractWebTestController.handleRequest(AbstractWebTestController.java) at org.apache.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doPost_aroundBody2(ServletTestRedirector.java:101) at org.apache.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doPost_aroundBody3$advice(ServletTestRedirector.java:224) at org.apache.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doPost(ServletTestRedirector.java) at org.jboss.jsfunit.framework.JSFUnitServletRedirector.doPost(JSFUnitServletRedirector.java:42) at org.apache.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doGet_aroundBody0(ServletTestRedirector.java:72) at org.apache.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doGet_aroundBody1$advice(ServletTestRedirector.java:224) at org.apache.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doGet(ServletTestRedirector.java) at org.jboss.jsfunit.framework.JSFUnitServletRedirector.doGet(JSFUnitServletRedirector.java:48) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:690) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at org.jboss.jsfunit.framework.JSFUnitFilter.doFilter(JSFUnitFilter.java:122) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Is this caused by the fact that IceFaces replaces JSF's FacesServlet with it's own custom servlet and thus making IceFaces not suitable for testing with JSFUnit ? Or is there a simple solution to solve this problem ?
Regards