NullPointerException in UpdateActionListener caused by getType()
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                 Key: TOMAHAWK-1475
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMAHAWK-1475
             Project: MyFaces Tomahawk
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: UpdateActionListener
    Affects Versions: 1.1.9
         Environment: myfaces 1.2.8
richfaces 3.3.2
tiles 2.0.5
tomcat 6.0.18
            Reporter: Michael Heinen


Commands using a t:updateActionListener are not working anymore due to a
java.lang.NullPointerException
                at 
org.apache.myfaces.custom.updateactionlistener.UpdateActionListener.processAction(UpdateActionListener.java:137)

Line 137: 
if (!type.equals(String.class) && ! type.equals(Object.class))

Cause:
java.lang.NullPointerException
                at 
org.apache.myfaces.custom.updateactionlistener.UpdateActionListener.processAction(UpdateActionListener.java:137)
                at 
javax.faces.event.ActionEvent.processListener(ActionEvent.java:51)
                at 
javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.broadcast(UIComponentBase.java:554)
                at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:110)
                at javax.faces.component.UIData.broadcast(UIData.java:721)
                at 
org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:324)
                at 
org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:299)
                at 
org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processPhase(AjaxViewRoot.java:256)
                at 
org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processDecodes(AjaxViewRoot.java:412)
                at 
org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.ApplyRequestValuesExecutor.execute(ApplyRequestValuesExecutor.java:32)
                at 
org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:103)
                at 
org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:76)
                at 
org.apache.myfaces.custom.ppr.PPRLifecycleWrapper.execute(PPRLifecycleWrapper.java:68)
                at 
javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:178)
                at 
com.recommind.xxx.servlets.FacesServletWrapper.service(FacesServletWrapper.java:123)
                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:388)
                at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:515)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
                at 
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:384)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
                at 
com.recommind.xxx.filters.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:193)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
                at 
com.recommind.xxx.client.web.filters.EncodingFilter.doFilter(EncodingFilter.java:49)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
                at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
                at 
com.recommind.xxx.filters.TimerFilter.doFilter(TimerFilter.java:71)
                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.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
                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:619)


Sample jsp snippet:
<t:dataList var="batch"
  value="#{MyController1.myList}" ...>
    <t:commandButton id="batchSelectCmd" forceId="true"
                           immediate="true"
                           action="#{MyController12.search}"
                           value="foo"
                           disabled="#{empty 
batch.attributes['reviewState'][0]}"
                           ... >
            <t:updateActionListener property="#{requestScope['selectedBatch']}" 
value="#{batch.value}"/>
          </t:commandButton>
  </t:dataList>

Commands are working with the  1.1 compliant libs.
Commands are working without t:updateActionListener.

A similar issue is MYFACES-1819 "h:selectManyCheckbox with 
value="#{bean.map['somekey']}" fails"

A workaround is to replace updateActionListener by setPropertyActionListener 
(Thanks to Mike Kienenberger).

Copied from the corresponding email thread on the dev list from Leonardo Uribe:
"In few words the problem is that in EL, expressions like 
"#{bean.map['somekey']}" returns null when getType() is called. Note this does 
not happens in jsf 1.1, but on jsf 1.2.
Checking the code of f:setPropertyActionListener, it just do a simple call like 
this:

    target.setValue(ectx, value.getValue(ectx));

But t:updateActionListener has an additional converter property, so it try to 
use the converter before call setValue."
 
Discussion in user list.
http://marc.info/?l=myfaces-user&m=126089767620528&w=2

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