[FLEX-34659] RichEditableText - textFlow allocation - null object reference

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Apache Flex 4.13.0
• Fix Version/s: Apache Flex 4.14.0
• Component/s: Spark: RichEditableText
• Labels: RichEditableText textflow
• Environment: If I take the text flow from one RichEditableText and another RichEditableText assigns comes the error
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Robbyn Gerhardt
• Created: 09/Dec/14 08:55
• Updated: 23/Mar/15 09:06
• Resolved: 23/Mar/15 09:06

Description

<fx:Script>
	protected function creationComplete(e:FlexEvent):void
    {
    	var plaintext:String	=	'<TextFlow whiteSpaceCollapse="preserve" version="3.0.0" xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008"><p><span>fsdfsd</span></p></TextFlow>';
        
        editor1.textFlow		=	TextFlowUtil.importFromString(plaintext);
        
        if(editor1.textFlow != null)
        {
        	editor2.textFlow		=	editor1.textFlow; //Here come error
        }
        else
        {
        	trace('Is empty');
        }
    }
</fx:Script>

<s:RichEditableText id="editor1" />
<s:RichEditableText id="editor2" />

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at flashx.textLayout.container::TextContainerManager/setText()[/Users/aharui/git/flex/master/flex-tlf/textLayout/src/flashx/textLayout/container/TextContainerManager.as:583]
at spark.components.supportClasses::RichEditableTextContainerManager/setText()[/Users/aharui/release4.13.0/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/components/supportClasses/RichEditableTextContainerManager.as:346]
at flashx.textLayout.container::TextContainerManager/setTextFlow()[/Users/aharui/git/flex/master/flex-tlf/textLayout/src/flashx/textLayout/container/TextContainerManager.as:763]
at spark.components.supportClasses::RichEditableTextContainerManager/setTextFlow()[/Users/aharui/release4.13.0/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/components/supportClasses/RichEditableTextContainerManager.as:357]
at flashx.textLayout.container::TextContainerManager/setTextFlow()[/Users/aharui/git/flex/master/flex-tlf/textLayout/src/flashx/textLayout/container/TextContainerManager.as:772]
at spark.components.supportClasses::RichEditableTextContainerManager/setTextFlow()[/Users/aharui/release4.13.0/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/components/supportClasses/RichEditableTextContainerManager.as:357]
at spark.components::RichEditableText/get textFlow()[/Users/aharui/release4.13.0/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/components/RichEditableText.as:2247]