[WW-3848] NPE forwarding to tile using old dispatch filter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.1, 2.3.4
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.7
• Component/s: Core Actions
• Assignee: Lukasz Lenart
• Reporter: Paul Benedict
• Created: 06/Jul/12 03:08
• Updated: 05/Nov/12 19:45
• Resolved: 22/Aug/12 07:59

Description

Struts config:

<package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default">
    <action name="test">
        <result type="tiles">test.tile</result>
    </action>
</package>

Stack trace:

java.lang.NullPointerException
org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxy.getErrorMessage(StrutsActionProxy.java:69)
    com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionProxy.prepare(DefaultActionProxy.java:185)
    org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxy.prepare(StrutsActionProxy.java:63)
    org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxyFactory.createActionProxy(StrutsActionProxyFactory.java:39)
    com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionProxyFactory.createActionProxy(DefaultActionProxyFactory.java:58)

Specifying the Action class makes the exception go away.