PI17804: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION IN TREEVIEW OF GENERIC SERVICE CLIENT

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 1 (9.0.1.1) for 9.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environment:
  
  Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.0.0.1
  Rational Application Developer 9.0.1
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  1.       Open the Generic Service Client for the WSDL
  2.       Switch on the Support Type Derivation option (top right
  of the window)
  3.       Scroll down to a specific section and select a specific
  concrete type
  4.       Switch to the Tree view, and click on this concrete
  type
  5.       You will see a NullPointerException like the following:
  
  Error disposing widget for :
  org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.basic.impl.PartImpl
  Generic Service Client
  
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at
  com.ibm.rational.ttt.common.core.xmledit.internal.type.Insertabl
  eItems$TermItem.fineCompare(InsertableItems.java:104)
      at
  com.ibm.rational.ttt.common.core.xmledit.internal.type.Insertabl
  eItems$Item.compareTo(InsertableItems.java:65)
      at
  com.ibm.rational.ttt.common.core.xmledit.internal.type.Insertabl
  eItems$Item.compareTo(InsertableItems.java:1)
      at java.util.TreeMap.compare(TreeMap.java:1188)
      at java.util.TreeMap.put(TreeMap.java:531)
      at java.util.TreeSet.add(TreeSet.java:255)
      at
  com.ibm.rational.ttt.common.core.xmledit.internal.type.Insertabl
  eItems.add(InsertableItems.java:217)
  
  This issue is related to the following defect for the product:
  Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality
  
  PI05728 NPE generated when using the XML Tree View with XSD
  schema validation engaged
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of the Generic Service Client in Rational          *
  * Application Developer                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * A NullPointerException can occur in the TreeView class of    *
  * the Generic Service Client.                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is included in Rational Application
  Developer v9.0.1.1 and v9.1.1.
  

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

  RATL APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels

• R911 PSY

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