PM30490: THEMES WITH 'WPS' AS PREFIX OF THE CONTEXT ROOT THROW NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION'S AT APPLICATION START

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Fixes integrated in WebSphere Portal 7.0.0.1 & 7.0.0.2 Combined Cumulative Fixes
7.0.0.1 Download: WebSphere Portal and WCM V7.0 fix pack 1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Themes with 'wps' as the prefix of the theme WAR's context root
  (i.e. wpsMyTheme) throw NullPointerException at application
  start.
  
  SRVE0068E: Uncaught exception thrown in one of the service
  methods of the servlet: /themes/html/wps_webMain/Default.jsp.
  Exception thrown : java.lang.NullPointerException
   at com.ibm._jsp._Default._jspService(_Default.java:1168)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:87)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWr
  apper.java:1146)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(Ser
  vletWrapper.java:592)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(S
  ervletWrapper.java:525)
   at
  com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.handleR
  equest(GenericServletWrapper.java:122)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.jsp.webcontainerext.AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrappe
  r.handleRequest(AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.java:232)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.jsp.webcontainerext.AbstractJSPExtensionProcessor.han
  dleRequest(AbstractJSPExtensionProcessor.java:288)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(W
  ebAppRequestDispatcher.java:639)
  ...
  

Local fix

• Local workaround is to change the line inside head_setup.jspf
  from:
  
  if (configURL.startsWith(contextPath)) {
  
  into
  
  if (configURL.startsWith(contextPath + "/")) {
  
  This should ensure that we are looking at the /wps/... path of
  Portal and not a custom WAR file that only starts with /wps...
  

Problem summary

• THEMES WITH 'WPS' AS PREFIX OF THE CONTEXT ROOT THROW
  NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION'S AT APPLICATION START
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available from Fix Central:
  
  http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=
  ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Portal&release=All
  &platform=All&function=aparId&apars=PM30212&source=fc
  

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

  WEBSPHERE PORTA

• Fixed component ID

  5724E7600

Applicable component levels

• R61C PSY

     UP

• R610 PSY

     UP