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  1. Commons OGNL (Dormant)
  2. OGNL-113

Object with null toString() causes NPE in OGNL

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.7.1
    • 2.7.1
    • ExpressionCompiler
    • None
    • Tapestry 4.1.3 snapshot from 7-27, OGNL 2.7.1 snapshot from 7-23, WinXP, Firefox 2

    Description

      If an object is accessed by OGNL that has a toString() which returns null, OGNL blows up with an NPE. Failsafe does not catch this. A Tapestry example is posted below.

      .html:

      <span jwcid="@Insert" value="ognl:block.imageBlock" />

      .java:

      public class TestObject

      {

      public boolean isImageBlock()

      { return true; }

      public String toString()

      { return null; }

      }

      public TestObject getBlock()

      { return new TestObject(); }

      The stack:

      07-08-02 17:00:23 ERROR (ErrorPage.java:46) - app=Director user=24 page=DirectorAccount GET http://localhost:8080/DirectorAccount.html

      org.apache.tapestry.BindingException: Unable to parse OGNL expression 'block.imageBlock': java.lang.NullPointerException [context:/WEB-INF/app/DirectorAccount.html, line 9]

      at org.apache.tapestry.binding.ExpressionBinding.resolveExpression(ExpressionBinding.java:145)

      at org.apache.tapestry.binding.ExpressionBinding.getObject(ExpressionBinding.java:125)

      at org.apache.tapestry.binding.AbstractBinding.getObject(AbstractBinding.java:84)

      at $Insert_46.getValue($Insert_46.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.Insert.renderComponent(Insert.java:48)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.RenderBody.renderComponent(RenderBody.java:39)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.IfBean.renderComponent(IfBean.java:94)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.BaseComponent.renderComponent(BaseComponent.java:107)

      at collective.ui.components.CollectiveComponent.renderComponent(CollectiveComponent.java:70)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.RenderBody.renderComponent(RenderBody.java:39)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.RenderBody.renderComponent(RenderBody.java:39)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.RenderBody.renderComponent(RenderBody.java:39)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.BaseComponent.renderComponent(BaseComponent.java:107)

      at collective.ui.components.CollectiveComponent.renderComponent(CollectiveComponent.java:70)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.Any.renderComponent(Any.java:44)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.html.Body.renderComponent(Body.java:38)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.html.Shell.renderComponent(Shell.java:124)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.BaseComponent.renderComponent(BaseComponent.java:107)

      at collective.ui.components.CollectiveComponent.renderComponent(CollectiveComponent.java:70)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.renderBody(AbstractComponent.java:539)

      at org.apache.tapestry.components.ElseBean.renderComponent(ElseBean.java:47)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.BaseComponent.renderComponent(BaseComponent.java:107)

      at collective.ui.components.CollectiveComponent.renderComponent(CollectiveComponent.java:70)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:180)

      at org.apache.tapestry.BaseComponent.renderComponent(BaseComponent.java:107)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent.render(AbstractComponent.java:725)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.render(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:178)

      at org.apache.tapestry.AbstractPage.renderPage(AbstractPage.java:249)

      at org.apache.tapestry.engine.RequestCycle.renderPage(RequestCycle.java:397)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DefaultResponseBuilder.renderResponse(DefaultResponseBuilder.java:152)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.ResponseRendererImpl.renderResponse(ResponseRendererImpl.java:33)

      at $ResponseRenderer_1142897c285.renderResponse($ResponseRenderer_1142897c285.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.engine.PageService.service(PageService.java:68)

      at $IEngineService_1142897c325.service($IEngineService_1142897c325.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.EngineServiceOuterProxy.service(EngineServiceOuterProxy.java:72)

      at org.apache.tapestry.engine.AbstractEngine.service(AbstractEngine.java:237)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.InvokeEngineTerminator.service(InvokeEngineTerminator.java:54)

      at $WebRequestServicer_1142897c300.service($WebRequestServicer_1142897c300.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.DisableCachingFilter.service(DisableCachingFilter.java:54)

      at $WebRequestServicerFilter_1142897c302.service($WebRequestServicerFilter_1142897c302.java)

      at $WebRequestServicer_1142897c304.service($WebRequestServicer_1142897c304.java)

      at $WebRequestServicer_1142897c2fc.service($WebRequestServicer_1142897c2fc.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.WebRequestServicerPipelineBridge.service(WebRequestServicerPipelineBridge.java:61)

      at $ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2db.service($ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2db.java)

      at collective.ui.custom.HibernateFilter.service(HibernateFilter.java:40)

      at $ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2df.service($ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2df.java)

      at $ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.service($ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.java)

      at collective.ui.custom.LuceneIndexFilter.service(LuceneIndexFilter.java:24)

      at $ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2dd.service($ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2dd.java)

      at $ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.service($ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.request.DecodedRequestInjector.service(DecodedRequestInjector.java:55)

      at $ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2d7.service($ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2d7.java)

      at $ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.service($ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.multipart.MultipartDecoderFilter.service(MultipartDecoderFilter.java:52)

      at $ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2d5.service($ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2d5.java)

      at $ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.service($ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.SetupRequestEncoding.service(SetupRequestEncoding.java:53)

      at $ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2d9.service($ServletRequestServicerFilter_1142897c2d9.java)

      at $ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.service($ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2e1.java)

      at $ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2cb.service($ServletRequestServicer_1142897c2cb.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.ApplicationServlet.doService(ApplicationServlet.java:126)

      at collective.ui.CollectiveApplicationServlet.doService(CollectiveApplicationServlet.java:72)

      at org.apache.tapestry.ApplicationServlet.doGet(ApplicationServlet.java:103)

      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:743)

      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)

      at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:427)

      at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplicationHandler.java:832)

      at collective.servlet.ResponseHeaderFilter.doFilter(ResponseHeaderFilter.java:32)

      at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplicationHandler.java:823)

      at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler.java:473)

      at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:556)

      at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1563)

      at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationContext.handle(WebApplicationContext.java:623)

      at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1515)

      at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:956)

      at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:814)

      at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:981)

      at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:831)

      at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:244)

      at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)

      at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)

      Caused by: org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException: Unable to parse OGNL expression 'block.imageBlock': java.lang.NullPointerException

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.ExpressionCacheImpl.parse(ExpressionCacheImpl.java:156)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.ExpressionCacheImpl.getCompiledExpression(ExpressionCacheImpl.java:115)

      at $ExpressionCache_1142897c403.getCompiledExpression($ExpressionCache_1142897c403.java)

      at org.apache.tapestry.binding.ExpressionBinding.resolveExpression(ExpressionBinding.java:134)

      ... 115 more

      Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

      at ognl.ObjectPropertyAccessor.getSourceSetter(ObjectPropertyAccessor.java:251)

      at ognl.ASTProperty.toSetSourceString(ASTProperty.java:520)

      at ognl.ASTChain.toSetSourceString(ASTChain.java:369)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.HiveMindExpressionCompiler.generateSetter(HiveMindExpressionCompiler.java:400)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.HiveMindExpressionCompiler.compileExpression(HiveMindExpressionCompiler.java:186)

      at ognl.OgnlRuntime.compileExpression(OgnlRuntime.java:524)

      at ognl.Ognl.compileExpression(Ognl.java:141)

      at org.apache.tapestry.services.impl.ExpressionCacheImpl.parse(ExpressionCacheImpl.java:152)

      ... 118 more

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