[HTTPCLIENT-1766] SystemDefaultRoutePlanner: Possible null pointer dereference

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.5.2
• Fix Version/s: 4.5.3
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jan Engehausen
• Created: 04/Sep/16 05:27
• Updated: 13/Sep/16 18:51
• Resolved: 13/Sep/16 18:51

Description

We're using the SoapUI Maven plugin 5.2.1 and have found that it sets the default proxy selector for https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/net/ProxySelector.html to null. According to JavaDoc this is legal ("[...] unsets the proxy selector"), but now getDefault() returns null.

As a consequence a NullPointerException can be observed:

SystemDefaultRoutePlanner.java:79
	List proxies = this.proxySelector.select(targetURI);