[HTTPCLIENT-113] NullPointerException in HttpMethodBase.getResponseBodyAsString

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0 Alpha 1
• Fix Version/s: 2.0 Beta 1
• Component/s: HttpClient (classic)
• Environment: Operating System: All; Platform: Other
• Bugzilla Id: 13342
• Assignee: Oleg Kalnichevski
• Reporter: Ivelin Ivanov
• Created: 06/Oct/02 13:31
• Updated: 16/Feb/09 12:29
• Resolved: 16/Feb/09 12:29

Description

The following code in a cocoon component, causes the NPE.
A delay seems to help sometimes.

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int htcode = httpClient.executeMethod( method );

// @todo: fix-me
// This sleep() is a temporary workaround
// to avoid NullPointerException in the next line.
Thread.currentThread().sleep( 100 );

String ret = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
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java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:399)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.getResponseBodyAsString
(HttpMethodBase.java:579)
at org.apache.cocoon.generation.WebServiceProxyGenerator.fetch
(WebServiceProxyGenerator.java:264)