[FLEX-22509] Calling getItemIndicesInView() on a DataGroup with null dataProvider causes RTE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Fix Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Spark: DataGroup
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 17/Dec/09 15:16
• Updated: 15/Apr/11 15:00
• Resolved: 17/Dec/09 20:12

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Compile and run:
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
<s:DataGroup id="group1" creationComplete="trace(group1.getItemIndicesInView())" />
</s:Application>

2.
3.

Actual Results:

Main Thread (Suspended: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.)
spark.components::DataGroup/getItemIndicesInView
Repro/__group1_creationComplete
flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction [no source]
flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent [no source]
mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent
mx.core::UIComponent/set initialized
mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiation
mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiationCallback

Expected Results:

No RTE.

Workaround (if any):