LO75797: EMBEDDED APPLET IN A NOTES FORM THROWS NULL POINTER EXCEPTION IN JAVA CONSOLE AND DOES NOT LOAD, COM.IBM.JEMPOWER.APPLET.*INDI

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• in an applet, embedded in a Notes form, stored in the NSF
  resources:
  ...
  public class TestHTTPApplet extends JApplet {
  ...
  public TestHTTPApplet() {
    try {
     URL url = new URL("http://URL");
     HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection)
  url.openConnection();
  the applet fails to load and the following error message is
  shown in the Java console:
  java.lang.NullPointerException
   at sun.net.
  www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:719)
   at sun.net.
  www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:646)
   at
  COM.ibm.JEmpower.applet.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Ht
  tpURLCon
  nection.java:411)
   at
  COM.ibm.JEmpower.applet.http.HttpURLConnection.getHeaderField(Ht
  tpURLCon
  nection.java:703)
   at
  java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.jav
  a:399)
   at pl.gov.sejm.TestHTTPApplet.<init>(TestHTTPApplet.java:22)
   at java.lang.J9VMInternals.newInstanceImpl(Native Method)
   at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1474)
   at
  COM.ibm.JEmpower.applet.AppletFrame.runLoader(AppletFrame.java:6
  98)
   at
  COM.ibm.JEmpower.applet.AppletFrame.run(AppletFrame.java:398)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:738)
  

Local fix

• none found - although replacing the JVM with a copy from a
  previous version (fixpack) appears to restore the old working
  order.
  

Problem summary

• Oracle changed the  sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP
   implement, we need changed our code for it.
  

Problem conclusion

• Oracle changed the  sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP
   implement, we need changed our code for it.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# SRAO98JTBV.
  Oracle changed the  sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP
   implement, we need changed our code for it.
  

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

  NOTES CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724E6255

Applicable component levels

• R853 PSN

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