[TOMAHAWK-888] NPE when using AjaxAnywhere

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.5-SNAPSHOT
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.5-SNAPSHOT, 1.1.7
• Assignee: Cagatay Civici
• Reporter: Peter Mahoney
• Created: 08/Feb/07 14:56
• Updated: 03/Sep/08 04:46
• Resolved: 10/May/07 19:20

Description

The following exception is generated following an AjaxAnywhere request:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk.renderkit.html.HtmlRendererUtils.isAllowedCdataSection(HtmlRendererUtils.java:1121)
at org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk.renderkit.html.HtmlResponseWriterImpl.closeStartTagIfNecessary(HtmlResponseWriterImpl.java:200)
at org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk.renderkit.html.HtmlResponseWriterImpl.endElement(HtmlResponseWriterImpl.java:248)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource$ScriptPositionedInfo.writePositionedInfo(DefaultAddResource.java:1051)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource.writeWithFullHeader(DefaultAddResource.java:836)
at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:65)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
at com.dbplc.web.RedirectServlet.doGet(RedirectServlet.java:186)
at com.dbplc.web.RedirectServlet.doPost(RedirectServlet.java:247)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

It seems that at the point this code is run, a FacesContext does not exist.