This post belongs to the thread 30341, but my reply wasn't showing up on it for some reason. Refer to http://www.jboss.org/modules/bb/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t= for more background on this topic.
I have encountered a null pointer exception with JBoss 3.2.1 using the JGStore session replication (Jetty's).
The scenario is:
1. Server A is running with an active session.
2. Server B is started - but never creates the existing session on Server A.
3. An attribute changes in the session on Server A.
4. Server A propagates this change to Server B.
5. Server B attempts to call the method "setLastAccessedTime" in org.mortbay.j2ee.session.AbstractReplicatedStore on a null target, which causes the null pointer exeption.
The null target means that a subsription event was never triggered on Server B for the existing session on Server A. This event must only be sent by Server A when it creates the session. However, all existing sessions on Server A need to be created on Server B as soon as it joins the session replication group.
Please let me know if this is a known issue and if/when a bug fix is expected, or if any additional details are needed.
Please post this on Jetty ML as this is Jules's code and he seems not to read this forum.
Cheers,
sacha