PK56732: COPYING MORE THAN 50 CONTENT OBJECTS FROM ONE SITE AREA IN LIB A TO ANOTHER SITE AREA IN LIB B THROW NULL POINTER EXCEPTION.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is not able to copy the contents from one library to
  another using Copy option in Authoring portlet if the
  destination siteAreas has more than 50 content objects.
  
  When this occurs and null pointer exception is thrown:
  
  [11/16/07 15:06:07:017 EET] 00000044 CommandUtils  W   <Null
  Message>
                                   java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.PositioningEngine.getPosi
  tion(Pos
  itioningEngine.java:289)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.PositioningEngine.tryNudg
  e(Positi
  oningEngine.java:367)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.PositioningEngine.trySpre
  adOut(Po
  sitioningEngine.java:326)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.PositioningEngine.calcula
  tePositi
  onBetween(PositioningEngine.java:590)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.PositioningEngine.doCalcu
  latePosi
  tion(PositioningEngine.java:616)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.PositioningEngine.doCalcu
  latePosi
  tion(PositioningEngine.java:156)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.PositioningEngine.calcula
  tePositi
  on(PositioningEngine.java:129)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.transaction.steps.repository.Repo
  sitoryAd
  d.internalAdd(RepositoryAdd.java:389)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.transaction.steps.repository.Repo
  sitoryAd
  d.execute(RepositoryAdd.java:344)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.transaction.TxUnitOfWork$1.call(T
  xUnitOfW
  ork.java:93)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.util.transaction.TransactionManager.doCall
  (Transac
  tionManager.java:179)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.util.transaction.TransactionManager.call(T
  ransacti
  onManager.java:70)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.transaction.TxUnitOfWork.run(TxUn
  itOfWork
  .java:103)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.ContentServiceImpl.addToP
  arent(Co
  ntentServiceImpl.java:5609)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.ContentServiceImpl.addToP
  arent(Co
  ntentServiceImpl.java:5579)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.content.ContentServiceImpl.addToP
  arent(Co
  ntentServiceImpl.java:5721)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.app.ui.portlet.command.CommandUtils.saveOb
  ject(Com
  mandUtils.java:586)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.app.ui.portlet.command.SaveObjectCommand.d
  oCommand
  (SaveObjectCommand.java:122)
   at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.app.ui.portlet.command.SaveObjectCommand.d
  oCommand
  (SaveObjectCommand.java:73)
  
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.app.ui.portlet.command.AbstractCommand.com
  mandPerf
  ormed(AbstractCommand.java:175)
  
  <truncated>
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Customer is not able to copy the contents from one library to
  another using Copy option in Authoring portlet , if the
  destination siteArea
  has more than 50 contents. A NullPointerException is thrown in
  the SystemOut.log:
  

Problem conclusion

• Problem Analysis:
  
  The failure was directly related to the exception thrown which
  was caused by a code error.
  
  
  Problem Solution:
  
  Code error was corrected.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WRKPLC WEB CON

• Fixed component ID

  5724I2900

Applicable component levels

• R60F PSY

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