RS00190: NPE THROWN WHEN GENERATING TASK / RULE REPORT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a user set the exit criteria property for a rule task to
  Rule, NPE like below is thrown when you click the link to excel
  report generated by clicking Generate Task / Rule Report in the
  Analyze tab.
  It does not happen in RTS 7.0.3 English version.
  
  [Fatal Error] :63:143: The element type "br" must be terminated
  by the matching end-tag "</br>".
  2010/04/15 10:36:54
  org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
  FATAL: Servlet.service() in ReportingServlet servlet throws
  exception
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  ilog.rules.teamserver.model.reporting.IlrReports.contentToExcel(
  IlrReports.java:137)
  at
  ilog.rules.teamserver.web.model.IlrExcelContentReportWriter.writ
  e(IlrExcelContentReportWriter.java:36)
  at
  ilog.rules.teamserver.web.beans.ReportingBean.flushReport(Report
  ingBean.java:262)
  at
  ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.IlrReportingServlet.service(I
  lrReportingServlet.java:77)
  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter
  (ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Applica
  tionFilterChain.java:206)
  at
  ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.IlrSecurityFilter.doFi
  lter(IlrSecurityFilter.java:28)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter
  (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Applica
  tionFilterChain.java:206)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWra
  pperValve.java:233)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardCon
  textValve.java:191)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authe
  nticatorBase.java:525)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostVa
  lve.java:128)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportVa
  lve.java:102)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngi
  neValve.java:109)
  at
  org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapte
  r.java:286)
  at
  org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor
  .java:845)
  at
  org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.
  process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
  at
  org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.ja
  va:447)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
  

Local fix

• No workaround
  

Problem summary

• If a user set the exit criteria property for a rule task to
  Rule, NPE like below is thrown when you click the link to excel
  report generated by clicking Generate Task / Rule Report in the
  Analyze tab.
  It does not happen in RTS 7.0.3 English version, only with the
  Japanese one.
  

Problem conclusion

• Code has been modified to ensure both versions behave the same
  and correctly
  

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

  WS ILOG JRULES

• Fixed component ID

  5724X9800

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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