[WW-2471] NPE in XWorkConverter.loadConversionProperties after adding DateConverter is still not fixed in 2.1.0

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.1
• Assignee: Donald J. Brown
• Reporter: Sami Dalouche
• Created: 03/Feb/08 17:14
• Updated: 28/Oct/12 22:08
• Resolved: 19/Feb/08 10:05

Description

Same problem as : WW-1978, the problem is still not fixed in 2.1.0, nor in 2.1.1-SNAPSHOT

when xwork-conversion.properties contains an entry, Struts 2 startup throws a NPE :

[ERROR] [2008-02-03 17:09:16,181] [com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.XWorkConverter] (main,) : Conversion registration error
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.XWorkConverter.createTypeConverter(XWorkConverter.java:729)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.XWorkConverter.loadConversionProperties(XWorkConverter.java:756)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.XWorkConverter.<init>(XWorkConverter.java:184)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.inject.ContainerImpl$ConstructorInjector.construct(ContainerImpl.java:388)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.inject.ContainerBuilder$5.create(ContainerBuilder.java:211)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.inject.Scope$2$1.create(Scope.java:49)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.inject.ContainerImpl$ParameterInjector.inject(ContainerImpl.java:431)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.inject.ContainerImpl.getParameters(ContainerImpl.java:446)

So, it looks like the object factory is not set in XWorkConverter :
Object obj = objectFactory.buildBean(className, null);

Is there a quick work-around ?