RS02853: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION IN BC TEST WHEN SERVER URL ENDS WITH WHITESPACE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In Enterprise Console,  a DecisionRunner server can be created
  and successfully tested when its URL ends with whitespace, for
  example SPACE or /t (TAB).
  Running a test scenario in Business Console on this server
  fails with NPE:
  [8/18/17 9:19:13:215 PDT] 00000453 ioncenter.remoting.internal.
  RemoteSessionHttpExecutorBuilder I {"date":"August 18, 2017 9:
  19:13 AM","datasource":"jdbc\/ilogDataSource","message":"Sign
  out successfully","url":"http:\/\/localhost:
  9090\/DecisionRunner\t","username":null}
  [8/18/17 9:19:38:690 PDT] 00000170 ioncenter.remoting.internal.
  RemoteSessionHttpExecutorBuilder I {"date":"August 18, 2017 9:
  19:38 AM","datasource":"jdbc\/ilogDataSource","message":"Sign
  out successfully","url":"http:\/\/localhost:
  9090\/DecisionRunner\t","username":null}
  [8/18/17 9:19:39:704 PDT] 00000170 ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.
  service.validation.IlrTestingUtil  W [Report - 2017-08-18_09-19-
  
  31] nullilog.rules.teamserver.model.IlrTestingException:
  IlrTestingException
  NullPointerException
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.service.validation.
  IlrTestSuiteService.prepareRun(IlrTestSuiteService.java:322)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.service.validation.
  IlrTestSuiteService.asynchronousPrepare(IlrTestSuiteService.
  java:202)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.service.validation.
  PrepareArchiveThreadService.run(PrepareArchiveThreadService.
  java:56)
      at com.google.common.util.concurrent.
  AbstractExecutionThreadService$1$1.run(
  AbstractExecutionThreadService.java:48)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:785)
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
      at java.util.AbstractCollection.addAll(AbstractCollection.
  java:354)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.model.decisionservice.
  TestingXOMDeployManager.getRESURIs(TestingXOMDeployManager.java:
  
  110)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.model.decisionservice.
  TestingXOMDeployManager.getRESURIs(TestingXOMDeployManager.java:
  
  116)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.model.decisionservice.
  TestingXOMDeployManager.getRESURIs(TestingXOMDeployManager.java:
  
  116)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.model.decisionservice.
  TestingXOMDeployManager.deployXOM(TestingXOMDeployManager.java:
  104)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.model.IlrModelUtil.
  getXomUrisPropValue(IlrModelUtil.java:1256)
      at ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.service.validation.
  IlrTestSuiteService.prepareRun(IlrTestSuiteService.java:309)
      ... 4 more
  

Local fix

• Make sure to delete all trailing whitespace from decisionrunner
  URL.
  

Problem summary

• In enterprise console, server can have whitespace in URL in
  creation and test, but this fails test scenarios
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was fixed.
  

Temporary fix

• Make sure to delete all trailing whitespace from decisionrunner
  URL.
  

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

• R890 PSY

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