RS01487: NPE WHEN NAVIGATING IN THE BUSINESS CONSOLE

Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1: Interim Fix 13 Rev B
Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1: Interim Fix 23 Revision B
Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1.1 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1.0: Interim Fix 69

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• With the 8.5.1 Sample Server on Windows 7, an NPE is visible
  when Opening the Business Console as rtsAdmin and using the all
  decisions services breadcrumb sometimes produces and exception:
  
  java.lang.NullPointerExceptionjava.lang.RuntimeException:
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at com.ibm.rules.decisioncenter.web.core.components.tree.
  TreeController.data(TreeController.java:59)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
  NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:76)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
  DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:602)
  at org.springframework.web.method.support.
  InvocableHandlerMethod.invoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:219)
  at org.springframework.web.method.support.
  InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.
  java:132)
  

Local fix

• ignore the error and refresh the display
  

Problem summary

• sometimes the tree controller information is not already
  evaluated when the breadcrumb is used leading to unexpected
  errors.
  

Problem conclusion

• the code is modified to handle this use case.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• 999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WS DECISION CTR

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6900

Applicable component levels

• R851 PSY

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