NullPointerException in UpdateActionListener caused by getType() ----------------------------------------------------------------
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 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.