Bug 98405 - NPE Publishing a template
Summary: NPE Publishing a template
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise CMS
Classification: Retired
Component: other
Version: nightly
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Justin Ross
QA Contact: Jon Orris
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: rc0blockers
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-07-02 14:03 UTC by Jon Orris
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2003-07-09 17:26:12 UTC
Embargoed:


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Description Jon Orris 2003-07-02 14:03:05 UTC
Description of problem:
@33139/Postgres

Create a template for the Article type
Attempt to publish the template.
Boom.

Template used:
<%@ page
    import ="com.arsdigita.cms.dispatcher.MasterPage,
com.arsdigita.dispatcher.*" %>
<h1>Snerky Snorky!</h1>

<%!
    private MasterPage myPage = new MasterPage();
%>
<b>Bold as bold is!</b>
<%

    RequestContext context = DispatcherHelper.getRequestContext(request);
    myPage.init();
    myPage.dispatch(request, response, context);
%>

Error:
-*-*-*-*-*- Begin Error Report -*-*-*-*-*-
-*-*-*- ACS Error Report Code:
goodeats.boston.redhat.com:8080:6fa512a4:f6234e4545 -*-*-*-
-*-*-*- Message: null -*-*-*-

-*-*-*- Section: HTTP headers -*-*-*-
accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg,
application/x-shockwave-flash, */*
accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
accept-language: en-us
cache-control: no-cache
connection: Keep-Alive
content-length: 1095
content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
cookie: JSESSIONID=9885805ED87D386B2B373C7CE75F597A;
ad_user_login=2008!1151761744777!dSqxm12cIl/7sqxOX0drFw==
host: goodeats.boston.redhat.com:8080
referer:
http://goodeats.boston.redhat.com:8080/ccm/articles/admin/item.jsp?bbp.2112.sel=5073&bbp.1532.sel=5062&bbp.3.pane=1&bbp.295.sel=5023&bbp.491.sel=5029&bbp.2018.sel=5068&bbp.1313.sel=5052&bbp.187.sel=5018&bbp.1135.sel=5044&bbp.957.sel=5034&bbp.1053.sel=5039&bbp.v=4&bbp.s=3&item_id=7050&bbp.i=cz3g06vasnk0pe6ts3ea6mnupeszlxip9lzsfyi9g26r1bcjgk52oica30wnq7kshh1d936rkrdd59hmqihhlww5nj6jxllfllb8lehrscuk8gxw7ybw62w1wjr8x39yzh95vqxjhqq0nqjufwyw3ltqptezxn92opt60rk8w1h5wew3b3t19zte0mvyuwa7upz20a4208exxh9to4k36bok1c05fw0fy9iccwtfe2obv8gk1ra5f03c7suoc48m12g6lqdrn8bb2tlp1qv2sjut363f4cwta7vg6myytiy2pb5q8dz34w01p36y9kkhcvmw0ezrdg8w8uslj6ndy2gchsxol0stdn7jzbmr57wczpw58mm2dix74dccnvnwp3h0aoejtqa6aoxw00b0ipywl4u5mdoggxdn8w72reorsa77zrpwlv1vjrrx32p13hmepyz97g3u11h8axf2swtb7xfpyn94av7cr6cmyzvdgy7jjwlwukw&bbp.31.sel=7048&bbp.e=select&bbp.2593.d=asc&bbp.1212.sel=5047&bbp.1426.sel=5057&g11n.enc=UTF-8&bbp.2580.d=asc&bbp.112.sel=5014&bbp.2292.d=asc&g11n.enc=UTF-8
user-agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

-*-*-*- Section: Cookies -*-*-*-
JSESSIONID: 9885805ED87D386B2B373C7CE75F597A (expires: -1)
ad_user_login: 2008!1151761744777!dSqxm12cIl/7sqxOX0drFw== (expires: -1)

-*-*-*- Section: CCM User -*-*-*-
Party not logged in

-*-*-*- Section: Stack trace -*-*-*-
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at
com.arsdigita.cms.ui.lifecycle.ItemLifecycleSelectForm$FinishTaskListener.process(ItemLifecycleSelectForm.java:436)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.FormSection.fireProcess(FormSection.java:491)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.FormSection$4.process(FormSection.java:465)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.FormModel.fireFormProcess(FormModel.java:478)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.FormModel.process(FormModel.java(Compiled Code))
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.Form.process(Form.java:440)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.Form.respond(Form.java:281)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.PageState.respond(PageState.java:348)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.Page.process(Page.java:695)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.Page.process(Page.java:677)
	at com.arsdigita.bebop.Page.buildDocument(Page.java:731)
	at com.arsdigita.cms.dispatcher.CMSPage$1.excurse(CMSPage.java:262)
	at com.arsdigita.cms.CMSExcursion.run(CMSExcursion.java:71)
	at com.arsdigita.cms.dispatcher.CMSPage.dispatch(CMSPage.java:270)
	at org.apache.jsp.item$jsp._jspService(item$jsp.java:96)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:107)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:201)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:381)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:473)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:683)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:431)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:355)
	at
com.arsdigita.dispatcher.DispatcherHelper.forwardHelper(DispatcherHelper.java:174)
	at
com.arsdigita.dispatcher.DispatcherHelper.forwardRequestByPath(DispatcherHelper.java:203)
	at
com.arsdigita.dispatcher.DispatcherHelper.forwardRequestByPath(DispatcherHelper.java:216)
	at
com.arsdigita.cms.dispatcher.FileDispatcher.chainedDispatch(FileDispatcher.java:61)
	at com.arsdigita.dispatcher.DispatcherChain.dispatch(DispatcherChain.java:74)
	at
com.arsdigita.cms.ContentSectionServlet.doService(ContentSectionServlet.java:134)
	at
com.arsdigita.web.BaseApplicationServlet$1.excurse(BaseApplicationServlet.java:119)
	at com.arsdigita.kernel.KernelExcursion.run(KernelExcursion.java(Compiled Code))
	at
com.arsdigita.web.BaseApplicationServlet.doService(BaseApplicationServlet.java:113)
	at com.arsdigita.web.BaseServlet$1.excurse(BaseServlet.java:127)
	at com.arsdigita.kernel.KernelExcursion.run(KernelExcursion.java(Compiled Code))
	at com.arsdigita.web.BaseServlet.internalService(BaseServlet.java:102)
	at com.arsdigita.web.BaseServlet.doPost(BaseServlet.java:237)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:683)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:431)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:355)
	at com.arsdigita.web.BaseDispatcher.forward(BaseDispatcher.java:212)
	at com.arsdigita.web.BaseDispatcher.forward(BaseDispatcher.java:198)
	at com.arsdigita.web.BaseDispatcher.dispatch(BaseDispatcher.java:130)
	at com.arsdigita.web.DispatcherServlet.service(DispatcherServlet.java:136)
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java(Compiled
Code))
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java(Compiled Code))
	at
org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java(Compiled
Code))
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1125)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:512)


-*-*-*- Section: Request summary -*-*-*-
Context path: 
Request URI: /ccm/articles/admin/item.jsp
Query string: null
Method: POST
Remote user: null

-*-*-*- Section: System properties -*-*-*-
catalina.base: /home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6
catalina.home: /home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6
catalina.useNaming: true
file.encoding: UTF-8
file.encoding.pkg: sun.io
file.separator: /
invokedviajava: 
java.assistive: ON
java.awt.fonts: 
java.awt.graphicsenv: sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
java.awt.printerjob: sun.awt.motif.PSPrinterJob
java.class.path:
/opt/IBMJava2-131/lib/tools.jar:/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/ccm/WEB-INF/lib/jaas.jar:/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/ccm/WEB-INF/lib/jce.jar:/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/ccm/WEB-INF/lib/sunjce_provider.jar:/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/ccm/WEB-INF/lib/xerces.jar:/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/ccm/WEB-INF/lib/xalan.jar:/opt/apps/oracle/product/9.2.0/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip:/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/bin/bootstrap.jar
java.class.version: 46.0
java.compiler: jitc
java.endorsed.dirs:
/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/bin:/home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/common/lib
java.ext.dirs: /opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/lib/ext
java.fullversion: J2RE 1.3.1 IBM build cxia32131-20020410 (JIT enabled: jitc)
java.home: /opt/IBMJava2-131/jre
java.io.tmpdir: /home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/temp
java.library.path:
/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin/classic:/opt/apps/oracle/product/9.2.0/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib
java.naming.factory.initial: org.apache.naming.java.javaURLContextFactory
java.naming.factory.url.pkgs: org.apache.naming
java.runtime.name: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
java.runtime.version: 1.3.1
java.specification.name: Java Platform API Specification
java.specification.vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.specification.version: 1.3
java.vendor: IBM Corporation
java.vendor.url: http://www.ibm.com/
java.vendor.url.bug: 
java.version: 1.3.1
java.vm.info: J2RE 1.3.1 IBM build cxia32131-20020410 (JIT enabled: jitc)
java.vm.name: Classic VM
java.vm.specification.name: Java Virtual Machine Specification
java.vm.specification.vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.specification.version: 1.0
java.vm.vendor: IBM Corporation
java.vm.version: 1.3.1
javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory:
org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl
javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory: org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl
javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory: com.icl.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl
line.separator: 

os.arch: x86
os.name: Linux
os.version: 2.4.20-18.8
path.separator: :
PreferredXSLTTransformer: SAXON
sun.boot.class.path:
/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/lib/rt.jar:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/lib/i18n.jar:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/classes
sun.boot.library.path: /opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin
sun.io.unicode.encoding: UnicodeLittle
user.dir: /home/boston/jorris/webserver/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/bin
user.home: /home/boston/jorris
user.language: en
user.name: jorris
user.region: US
user.timezone: America/New_York
-*-*-*-*-*- End Error Report -*-*-*-*-*-

Comment 1 Jon Orris 2003-07-02 20:14:48 UTC
Appears to be due to a lurking lifecycle listener checking for workflow
information. As we no longer use workflow with templates, it is null.


Comment 2 Justin Ross 2003-07-07 16:31:58 UTC
Fixed in perforce 33323.  We no longer assume that items getting published have
workflows, since templates for instance do not.


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