JR57306: YOU RECEIVE A NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION IN THE SYSTEMOUT LOG FILE UPON STARTUP

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Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2017.03

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you log in, starting a session, you receive the following
  NullPointerException, with a stack trace similar to the
  following stack trace, logged in the SystemOut.log file:
  
  [1/19/17 11:48:05:723 EST] 000001ae EJBProxyRestR E
  com.ibm.bpm.rest.impl.ejbproxy.EJBProxyRestResource
  processException java.lang.NullPointerException
  
  com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.BusinessDelegateException:
  java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.BusinessDelegateException.a
  sBusinessDelegateException(BusinessDelegateException.java:46)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.common.WebsphereDelegateHel
  per.doAsCurrentSubjectContextSensitive(WebsphereDelegateHelper.j
  ava:199)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.PersistenceServicesDelegate
  Default.findQuietlyByPrimaryKey(PersistenceServicesDelegateDefau
  lt.java:363)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor286.invoke(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  AccessorImpl.java:37)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
   at
  com.ibm.bpm.ejbproxy.rest.EJBProxyDelegateFactory.processRequest
  (EJBProxyDelegateFactory.java:191)
   at
  com.ibm.bpm.rest.impl.ejbproxy.EJBProxyRestResource.callEJB(EJBP
  roxyRestResource.java:96)
  . . .
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.instrumentation.POInstrumentationPeriod.beg
  in(POInstrumentationPeriod.java:64)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.persistence.PersistenceServicesC
  ore.findQuietlyByPrimaryKey(PersistenceServicesCore.java:209)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor201.invoke(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  AccessorImpl.java:37)
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The NullPointerException is logged in the SystemOut.log file
  when a user session starts and either the user ID or its type is
   null.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix that ensures instrumentation records are processed only
  when the user ID and its type are not null is planned for
  inclusion in IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix 2017.03.
  

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

• R857 PSY

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