[CXF-2584] NullPointerException in CXFAuthenticator.getPasswordAuthentication() if password is null

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.6
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.6
• Component/s: Transports
• Assignee: Daniel Kulp
• Reporter: Cyrille Le Clerc
• Created: 16/Dec/09 10:15
• Updated: 01/Feb/10 19:02
• Resolved: 16/Dec/09 16:42

Description

NullPointerException in CXFAuthenticator.getPasswordAuthentication() if password is null.

Cause of the NPE :

extract from org.apache.cxf.transport.http.CXFAuthenticator

    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { 
        ...
                    auth = new PasswordAuthentication(httpConduit.getAuthorization().getUserName(),
                                                      httpConduit.getAuthorization()
                                                          .getPassword().toCharArray());
       ...

Stack trace :

java.lang.RuntimeException: RuntimeException invoking http://localhost:8080/... : java.lang.NullPointerException
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit$WrappedOutputStream.mapException(HTTPConduit.java:2010)
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit$WrappedOutputStream.close(HTTPConduit.java:1996)
	at org.apache.cxf.io.CacheAndWriteOutputStream.postClose(CacheAndWriteOutputStream.java:47)
	at org.apache.cxf.io.CachedOutputStream.close(CachedOutputStream.java:188)
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.AbstractConduit.close(AbstractConduit.java:66)
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit.close(HTTPConduit.java:639)
	at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.MessageSenderInterceptor$MessageSenderEndingInterceptor.handleMessage(MessageSenderInterceptor.java:62)
	at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:239)
	at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.ClientProxyImpl.doChainedInvocation(ClientProxyImpl.java:429)
	at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.ClientProxyImpl.invoke(ClientProxyImpl.java:166)
	at $Proxy69.sayHello(Unknown Source)
	...
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1014)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getHeaderField(HttpURLConnection.java:2211)
	at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:382)
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit$WrappedOutputStream.handleResponseInternal(HTTPConduit.java:2110)
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit$WrappedOutputStream.handleResponse(HTTPConduit.java:2086)
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit$WrappedOutputStream.close(HTTPConduit.java:1984)
	... 70 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.CXFAuthenticator.getPasswordAuthentication(CXFAuthenticator.java:96)
	at java.net.Authenticator.requestPasswordAuthentication(Authenticator.java:300)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$1.run(HttpURLConnection.java:297)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.privilegedRequestPasswordAuthentication(HttpURLConnection.java:293)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getServerAuthentication(HttpURLConnection.java:1795)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1159)
	at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:373)
	... 73 more