RS02382: NPE WHEN COMPARING 2 DTS IF ONE CONTAINS NO DEFINITION

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When comparing 2 versions of the history of a decision table,
  below exception can be raised if one version contains no
  definition :
  
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at java.io.StringReader.<init>(StringReader.java:62)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.beans.HistoryBean.diffDT(
  HistoryBean.java:450)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.beans.HistoryBean$2.
  performLinkAction(HistoryBean.java:690)
      at ilog.rules.webc.jsf.components.IlrUITable.
  performLinkAction(IlrUITable.java:138)
      at ilog.rules.webc.jsf.renderers.IlrUITableRenderer.decode(
  IlrUITableRenderer.java:90)
      at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.decode(
  UIComponentBase.java:503)
      at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processDecodes(
  UIComponentBase.java:609)
      at javax.faces.component.UIForm.processDecodes(UIForm.java:
  56)
      at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processDecodes(
  UIComponentBase.java:605)
      at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processDecodes(
  UIViewRoot.java:138)
      at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.ApplyRequestValuesExecutor.
  execute(ApplyRequestValuesExecutor.java:32)
      at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(
  LifecycleImpl.java:95)
      at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(
  LifecycleImpl.java:70)
      at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.
  java:139)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(
  ServletWrapper.java:1230)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.
  handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:779)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.
  handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:478)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.
  handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:178)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.
  invokeTarget(WebAppFilterChain.java:136)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.
  doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:97)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.security.
  SecurityCheckPointFilter.doFilter(SecurityCheckPointFilter.java:
  
  112)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.
  doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.
  doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.
  IlrAccessFilter.doFilter(IlrAccessFilter.java:198)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.
  doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.
  doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.
  IlrRemoteSessionFilter.doFilterInternal(IlrRemoteSessionFilter.
  java:88)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.
  IlrRemoteSessionFilter.doFilter(IlrRemoteSessionFilter.java:66)
  
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.
  IlrSessionFilter.access$001(IlrSessionFilter.java:32)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.
  IlrSessionFilter$1.doFilter(IlrSessionFilter.java:62)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.
  doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:99)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.
  doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:106)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.
  IlrSessionFilter.doFilter(IlrSessionFilter.java:60)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.
  doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.
  doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.servlets.filter.
  IlrFileUploadFilter.doFilter(IlrFileUploadFilter.java:45)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.
  doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.
  doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.
  doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:964)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.
  invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1104)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.
  handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:87)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(
  WebContainer.java:914)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(
  WSWebContainer.java:1662)
      at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(
  WCChannelLink.java:200)
      at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.
  handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:463)
      at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.
  handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:530)
      at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.
  processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:316)
      at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.
  
  complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:88)
      at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.
  futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:175)
      at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(
  AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
      at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.
  fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
      at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:
  138)
      at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.
  java:204)
      at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(
  ResultHandler.java:775)
      at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:
  905)
      at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:
  1865)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The problem might occur when decision table do not have
  definition
  

Problem conclusion

• The code is fixed
  

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

• R871 PSY

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