Help Desk Ticket Reference: https://na7.salesforce.com/500A0000007AoQO
Steps to Reproduce: 1. Remove 'dashboard' context in jboss-portal[-ha].sar/conf/data/default-object.xml
2. Start the server and log in
project_key: JBEPP

Removing the dashboard context from default-object.xml results in the following NPE when a user logs in:

18:37:29,578 ERROR [ContainerBase] Servlet.service() for servlet PortalServletWithPathMapping threw exception 
java.lang.NullPointerException 
at org.jboss.portal.core.impl.model.CustomizationManagerService.getDashboardIdFor(CustomizationManagerService.java:374) 
at org.jboss.portal.core.aspects.controller.PageCustomizerInterceptor.injectDashboardNav(PageCustomizerInterceptor.java:256) 
at org.jboss.portal.core.aspects.controller.PageCustomizerInterceptor.invoke(PageCustomizerInterceptor.java:164) 
at org.jboss.portal.core.controller.ControllerInterceptor.invoke(ControllerInterceptor.java:40)

The NPE is happening at this call:
Context dashboardContext = portalObjectContainer.getContext(dashboardContextId); 

As the getContext(String) method can return a null value, there should be a proper null check.