Prasann Grampurohit created WW-4825: ---------------------------------------
Summary: NPE while using getText method from ActionSupport Key: WW-4825 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4825 Project: Struts 2 Issue Type: Bug Components: Core Affects Versions: 2.5.12 Reporter: Prasann Grampurohit Hi, I am migrating a project from Struts 2.3.3 to Struts 2.5.12 and I see NullPointerException when using the getText method from ActionSupport class. My action class extends ActionSupport class. I have package.properties file also packaged in the war file. And in my action class I just use getText method to retrieve a property from package.properties file. I see the below exception. Could you please help? Thank you. ERROR DefaultDispatcherErrorHandler Exception occurred during processing request: Unable to instantiate Action, entryAction, defined for 'entry' in namespace '/'Error creating bean with name 'entryAction' defined in "/D:/Software/JBossEAP/jboss-eap-7.0/bin/content/Member.war/WEB-INF/classes/my/company/member/web/action/entry/spring-context.xml": Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [my.company.member.web.action.entry.EntryAction]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException Unable to instantiate Action, entryAction, defined for 'entry' in namespace '/'Error creating bean with name 'entryAction' defined in "/D:/Software/JBossEAP/jboss-eap-7.0/bin/content/Member.war/WEB-INF/classes/my/company/member/web/action/entry/spring-context.xml": Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [my.company.member.web.action.entry.EntryAction]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException - action - vfs:/D:/Software/JBossEAP/jboss-eap-7.0/bin/content/Member.war/WEB-INF/classes/struts-default.xml:133:44 at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.createAction(DefaultActionInvocation.java:318) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.init(DefaultActionInvocation.java:399) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionProxy.prepare(DefaultActionProxy.java:204) at org.apache.struts2.factory.StrutsActionProxy.prepare(StrutsActionProxy.java:62) at org.apache.struts2.factory.StrutsActionProxyFactory.createActionProxy(StrutsActionProxyFactory.java:37) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionProxyFactory.createActionProxy(DefaultActionProxyFactory.java:58) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.serviceAction(Dispatcher.java:567) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ExecuteOperations.executeAction(ExecuteOperations.java:81) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.doFilter(StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.java:143) at io.undertow.servlet.core.ManagedFilter.doFilter(ManagedFilter.java:61) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:131) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler.handleRequest(FilterHandler.java:84) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletSecurityRoleHandler.handleRequest(ServletSecurityRoleHandler.java:62) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletDispatchingHandler.handleRequest(ServletDispatchingHandler.java:36) at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:78) at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.SSLInformationAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SSLInformationAssociationHandler.java:131) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.handleRequest(ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.java:57) at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractConfidentialityHandler.handleRequest(AbstractConfidentialityHandler.java:46) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.handleRequest(ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.java:64) at io.undertow.security.handlers.AuthenticationMechanismsHandler.handleRequest(AuthenticationMechanismsHandler.java:60) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.CachedAuthenticatedSessionHandler.handleRequest(CachedAuthenticatedSessionHandler.java:77) at io.undertow.security.handlers.NotificationReceiverHandler.handleRequest(NotificationReceiverHandler.java:50) at io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:43) at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.jacc.JACCContextIdHandler.handleRequest(JACCContextIdHandler.java:61) at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.handleFirstRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:285) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.dispatchRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:264) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.access$000(ServletInitialHandler.java:81) at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$1.handleRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:175) at io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:202) at io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange$1.run(HttpServerExchange.java:792) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entryAction' defined in "/D:/Software/JBossEAP/jboss-eap-7.0/bin/content/Member.war/WEB-INF/classes/my/company/member/web/action/entry/spring-context.xml": Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [my.company.member.web.action.entry.EntryAction]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:965) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:911) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:310) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1075) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.spring.SpringObjectFactory.buildBean(SpringObjectFactory.java:159) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ObjectFactory.buildBean(ObjectFactory.java:172) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.factory.DefaultActionFactory.buildAction(DefaultActionFactory.java:22) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ObjectFactory.buildAction(ObjectFactory.java:137) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.createAction(DefaultActionInvocation.java:299) ... 37 more Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [my.company.member.web.action.entry.EntryAction]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:141) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:74) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:958) ... 48 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport.getTextProvider(ActionSupport.java:278) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport.getText(ActionSupport.java:83) at my.company.member.web.action.MyAction.<init>(MyAction.java:95) at my.company.member.web.action.entry.EntryAction.<init>(EntryAction.java:22) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:126) ... 50 more -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)