RS01967: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION WHEN USING SYNCHRONIZE ANT TASK TO RETRIEVE A PROJECT

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The following NullPointerException will be thrown when using
  the synchronize ant task to retrieve a project with the branch
  parameter set to a branch name that doesn't exist or when the
  branch parameter is not set:
  ant synchronize -Ddata="c:/test" -DprojectName="loanvalidation-
  rules" -Daction=retrieve -Dbranch="branchThatDoesntExist"
  
  
  BUILD FAILED
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.ant.IlrSynchronizeTask.doExecute(
  IlrSynchronizeTask.java:74)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.ant.IlrTeamServerTask.execute(
  IlrTeamServerTask.java:71)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(
  UnknownElement.java:288)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5.invoke(Unknown
  Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
  DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:607)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(
  DispatchUtils.java:106)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
  
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(
  Project.java:1337)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:
  1306)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.
  executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:
  1189)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:758)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:217)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:
  257)
      at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:
  104)
  

Local fix

• use Rule Designer to retrieve the project.
  

Problem summary

• no error management in the synchronize code when branch does
  not exist or is not specified.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code is fixed
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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

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

Modules/Macros

• None
  999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WS DECISION CTR

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6900

Applicable component levels

• R870 PSY

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