JR50137: TW.SYSTEM.ORG.GETALLTEAMS() FAILS WITH NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION IF A TEAM WAS DELETED FROM A TOOLKIT SNAPSHOT

8.5.5.0-WS-BPM-IFJR50137
Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 5 for the IBM Business Process Manager products
Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 6 for the IBM Business Process Manager products
Version 8.5.0 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a process app or a toolkit depends on a toolkit snapshot and
  the toolkit contains a team, that team is returned by the
  process app or toolkit call to the tw.system.org.getAllTeams()
  JS API. If there is a new toolkit snapshot that does not contain
  the team  and the process app or toolkit dependency is upgraded
  to the new toolkit snapshot, the call to
  tw.system.org.getAllTeams() JS API fails with a
  NullPointerException that is similar to the following
  NullPointerException:
  
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at com.lombardisoftware.client.persistence.common.
    factorydelegate.VersionedFactoryDelegate.findByPrimaryKey
    (VersionedFactoryDelegate.java:69)
    com.lombardisoftware.client.persistence.common.
    AbstractVersionedPOFactory.findByPrimaryKey
    (AbstractVersionedPOFactory.java:123)
   at com.lombardisoftware.client.persistence.common.
    AbstractVersionedPOFactory.findByPrimaryKey
    (AbstractVersionedPOFactory.java:111)
   at com.lombardisoftware.core.script.js.objects.TeamScriptable.
    <init>(TeamScriptable.java:94)
    com.lombardisoftware.core.script.js.OrgScriptable.
    jsFunction_getAllTeams(OrgScriptable.java:583)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  

Local fix

• In the toolkit, locate the deleted team in a previous snapshot
  and right-click Revert. The library item is restored to the
  current version.
  

Problem summary

• A tw.system.orrg.getAllTeams() call tries to access the already
  deleted team, which results in a java.lang.NullPointerException
  because the team was not deleted properly.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available for IBM BPM 8.5.0.1 that deletes the team
  properly.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR50137:
  
  1. Select IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from
   the product selector, the installed version to the fix pack
   level, and your platform, and then click Continue.
  
  2. Select APAR or SPR, enter JR50137, and click Continue.
  
  When you download fix packages, ensure that you also download
  the readme file for each fix. Review each readme file for
  additional installation instructions and information about the
  fix.
  

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

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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