You *might* need to initialize the countries array. I wouldn't be
surprised if internally the JSON library is doing a
getCountries().add("CA") and throwing a null pointer exception because
getCountries is returning a null.
Also, you should really be programming to interfaces, not implementations.
Define your methods to take and return the List<String> interface instead
of the ArrayList<String> specific implementation and your programs will be
much more flexible and reusable in the future. See if this works better:
(*Chris*)
public class Test {
private String name;
private String description;
private List<String> countries;
public Test() {
countries = new ArrayList<>();
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getDescription() {
return description;
}
public void setDescription(String description) {
this.description = description;
}
public List<String> getCountries() {
return countries;
}
public void setCountries(List<String> countries) {
this.countries = countries;
}
}
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Shaun Lim <[email protected]> wrote:
> My entity class:
>
> import java.util.ArrayList;
>
>
> public class Test {
> private String name;
> private String description;
> private ArrayList<String> countries;
>
> public Test() {
>
> }
>
> public String getName() {
> return name;
> }
>
> public void setName(String name) {
> this.name = name;
> }
>
> public String getDescription() {
> return description;
> }
>
> public void setDescription(String description) {
> this.description = description;
> }
>
> public ArrayList<String> getCountries() {
> return countries;
> }
>
> public void setCountries(ArrayList<String> countries) {
> this.countries = countries;
> }
> }
>
> The JSON I'm trying to send:
>
> {"countries": ["CA", "SG"], "description":"whee", "name": "foo"}
>
> The error:
>
> 2345447 [http-bio-8080-exec-1] ERROR freemarker.runtime - Method
> public java.lang.String
> org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableRuntimeException.getMessage(int)
> threw an exception when invoked on net.sf.json.JSONException: Error
> while setting property=countries type interface java.util.List
>
> Method public java.lang.String
> org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableRuntimeException.getMessage(int)
> threw an exception when invoked on net.sf.json.JSONException: Error
> while setting property=countries type interface java.util.List
> The problematic instruction:
> ----------
> ==> ${msgs[0][0]} [on line 76, column 25 in
> org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/error.ftl]
> ----------
>
> Java backtrace for programmers:
> ----------
> freemarker.template.TemplateModelException: Method public
> java.lang.String
> org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableRuntimeException.getMessage(int)
> threw an exception when invoked on net.sf.json.JSONException: Error
> while setting property=countries type interface java.util.List
> at
> freemarker.ext.beans.SimpleMethodModel.exec(SimpleMethodModel.java:130)
> at
> freemarker.ext.beans.SimpleMethodModel.get(SimpleMethodModel.java:138)
> at
> freemarker.core.DynamicKeyName.dealWithNumericalKey(DynamicKeyName.java:111)
> at
> freemarker.core.DynamicKeyName._getAsTemplateModel(DynamicKeyName.java:90)
> at freemarker.core.Expression.getAsTemplateModel(Expression.java:89)
> at freemarker.core.Expression.getStringValue(Expression.java:93)
> at freemarker.core.DollarVariable.accept(DollarVariable.java:76)
> at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)
> at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)
> at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)
> at freemarker.core.IfBlock.accept(IfBlock.java:82)
> at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)
> at freemarker.core.IfBlock.accept(IfBlock.java:82)
> at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)
> at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)
> at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)
> at freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:190)
> at freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:237)
> at
> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.sendError(Dispatcher.java:797)
> at
> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.serviceAction(Dispatcher.java:519)
> at
> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.ExecuteOperations.executeAction(ExecuteOperations.java:77)
> at
> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.doFilter(StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.java:91)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:462)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:851)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
> at
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:278)
> at
> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
> at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
> at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
> at
> freemarker.ext.beans.SimpleMemberModel.unwrapArguments(SimpleMemberModel.java:85)
> at
> freemarker.ext.beans.SimpleMethodModel.exec(SimpleMethodModel.java:106)
> ... 37 more
>
> Setting "name" and "description" without attempting to pass in "countries"
> work - the values are successfully mapped.
>
> Using the following XML works too:
>
> <com.foo.bar.entity.Test>
> <countries>
> <string>SG</string>
> </countries>
> <description>testt</description>
> </com.foo.bar.entity.Test>
>
