[MYFACES-4252] Classpath._searchDir can throw NullPointerException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.24, 2.1.18, 2.2.12, 2.3.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.25, 2.1.19, 2.2.13, 2.3.3
• Environment: WebSphere 9
• Assignee: Bill Lucy
• Reporter: Bill Lucy
• Created: 13/Sep/18 15:45
• Updated: 24/Jan/19 14:56
• Resolved: 14/Sep/18 14:15

Description

In rare cases, Classpath._searchDir can throw a NPE and cause startup to fail.  I'll update _searchDir() to tolerate the case where File.listFiles() returns null.

DefaultFacesC I Reading config /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml

 AbstractFaces E An error occured while initializing MyFaces: java.lang.NullPointerException

 javax.faces.FacesException: java.lang.NullPointerException

....

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

 at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.util.Classpath._searchDir(Classpath.java:143)

 at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.util.Classpath._searchResource(Classpath.java:115)

 at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.util.Classpath.search(Classpath.java:68)

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #19
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #20
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #21
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #22