[DIRSERVER-1158] ClassCastException while handling binary value

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Invalid
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.2
• Environment: r640455 of bigbang-with-dependencies, r640484 of studio trunk
• Assignee: Emmanuel Lécharny
• Reporter: David Montag
• Created: 24/Mar/08 23:45
• Updated: 09/Sep/08 07:24
• Resolved: 01/Apr/08 13:44

Description

Setting an attribute to an octet string produces an exception on the server:

java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.ServerBinaryValue.normalize(ServerBinaryValue.java:190)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.ServerBinaryValue.getNormalizedValueReference(ServerBinaryValue.java:234)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.ServerBinaryValue.hashCode(ServerBinaryValue.java:476)
at java.util.HashMap.containsKey(HashMap.java:377)
at java.util.HashSet.contains(HashSet.java:182)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.DefaultServerAttribute.add(DefaultServerAttribute.java:664)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.DefaultServerAttribute.add(DefaultServerAttribute.java:775)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.ServerEntryUtils.toServerAttribute(ServerEntryUtils.java:153)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.ServerEntryUtils.toModification(ServerEntryUtils.java:418)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.entry.ServerEntryUtils.toServerModification(ServerEntryUtils.java:483)
at org.apache.directory.server.core.jndi.ServerDirContext.modifyAttributes(ServerDirContext.java:225)
at org.apache.directory.server.ldap.support.DefaultModifyHandler.modifyMessageReceived(DefaultModifyHandler.java:83)
at org.apache.directory.server.ldap.support.ModifyHandler.messageReceived(ModifyHandler.java:38)
at org.apache.mina.handler.demux.DemuxingIoHandler.messageReceived(DemuxingIoHandler.java:141)
at org.apache.directory.server.ldap.LdapServer$LdapProtocolHandler.messageReceived(LdapServer.java:1095)
at org.apache.mina.common.support.AbstractIoFilterChain$TailFilter.messageReceived(AbstractIoFilterChain.java:570)
at org.apache.mina.common.support.AbstractIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(AbstractIoFilterChain.java:299)
at org.apache.mina.common.support.AbstractIoFilterChain.access$1100(AbstractIoFilterChain.java:53)
at org.apache.mina.common.support.AbstractIoFilterChain$EntryImpl$1.messageReceived(AbstractIoFilterChain.java:648)
at org.apache.mina.filter.codec.support.SimpleProtocolDecoderOutput.flush(SimpleProtocolDecoderOutput.java:58)
at org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolCodecFilter.messageReceived(ProtocolCodecFilter.java:180)
at org.apache.mina.common.support.AbstractIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(AbstractIoFilterChain.java:299)
at org.apache.mina.common.support.AbstractIoFilterChain.access$1100(AbstractIoFilterChain.java:53)
at org.apache.mina.common.support.AbstractIoFilterChain$EntryImpl$1.messageReceived(AbstractIoFilterChain.java:648)
at org.apache.mina.filter.executor.ExecutorFilter.processEvent(ExecutorFilter.java:220)
at org.apache.mina.filter.executor.ExecutorFilter$ProcessEventsRunnable.run(ExecutorFilter.java:264)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:650)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:675)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

The error occurs here:

normalizedValue = ( byte[] ) normalizer.normalize( getCopy() );

See the attached test case. It also covers https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1156.

Issue Links

• relates to: DIRSERVER-1083 Search on an custom attribute added to the dynamic schema fails when no result is found