[FLEX-35100] TextFlowLine.recreateTextLine() throws a null object reference error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Apache Flex 4.14.1
• Fix Version/s: Apache Flex 4.16.0
• Component/s: TLF
• Assignee: Mihai Chira
• Reporter: Mihai Chira
• Created: 18/Jun/16 12:36
• Updated: 19/Sep/16 11:53
• Resolved: 19/Sep/16 11:52

Description

A user of our application (at the time running on Flex SDK 4.14.1) has reported encountering this fatal error:

TypeError: Error #1009
at flashx.textLayout.compose::TextFlowLine/http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/internal/2008::recreateTextLine()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::TextFlowLine/getTextLineInternal()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::TextFlowLine/getTextLine()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::ComposeState/composeNextLine()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::BaseCompose/composeParagraphElementIntoLines()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::BaseCompose/composeParagraphElement()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::ComposeState/composeParagraphElement()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::BaseCompose/composeBlockElement()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::BaseCompose/composeInternal()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::ComposeState/composeInternal()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::BaseCompose/composeTextFlow()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::ComposeState/composeTextFlow()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::StandardFlowComposer/http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/internal/2008::callTheComposer()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::StandardFlowComposer/internalCompose()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::StandardFlowComposer/updateToController()
at flashx.textLayout.compose::StandardFlowComposer/updateAllControllers()
at flashx.textLayout.container::TextContainerManager/updateContainer()
at spark.components::RichEditableText/updateDisplayList()
at mx.core::UIComponent/validateDisplayList()
at mx.managers::LayoutManager/validateDisplayList()
at mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiation()
at mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiationCallback()

Issue Links

• relates to: FLEX-33409 TLF crashes when hypens are shown in a multi span textFlow