PH18453: IN IDZ 14.1.7, USER BUILD RETURNS A NULL POINTER EXCEPTION WHEN A CONDITIONAL PROPERTY IS NOT DEFINED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In IBM Developer for z Systems 14.1.7, the user build will
  return a java.lang.NullPointerException when a property used as
  a conditional is not defined.
  
  The error is:
  
  UserBuildJob - Caught exception while running user build
  operation: null
  java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.internal.zide.core.build.condition.AntCondition$Eq
  ualsCondition.execSelfCondition(AntCondition.java:614)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.internal.zide.core.build.condition.AntCondition.co
  mputeCondition(AntCondition.java:84)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.internal.zide.core.build.condition.AntCondition.ru
  nCondition(AntCondition.java:71)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.internal.zide.core.build.condition.AntCondition$An
  dConditon.execChildrenConditions(AntCondition.java:385)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.internal.zide.core.build.condition.AntCondition.co
  mputeCondition(AntCondition.java:84)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.internal.zide.core.build.condition.AntCondition.ru
  nCondition(AntCondition.java:71)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.zide.ui.util.UserBuildUtil.isValidForCondition(Use
  rBuildUtil.java:3321)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.zide.ui.util.UserBuildUtil.getTranslatorMap(UserBu
  ildUtil.java:410)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.zide.ui.operations.UserBuildJob.generateJCL(UserBu
  ildJob.java:329)
   at
  com.ibm.teamz.zide.ui.operations.UserBuildJob.run(UserBuildJob.j
  ava:153)
   at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• UserBuildJob - Caught exception while running user build
  operation: null
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  com.ibm.teamz.internal.zide.core.build.condition.AntCondition$Eq
  ualsCondition.execSelfCondition
  ...
  Seen when running User Build.
  

Problem conclusion

• The user build script uses a property in a conditional when the
  property is not defined.
  The user build will return a java.lang.NullPointerException in
  this error case.
  Properly, the condition and user build script should instead
  fail and not show a NullPointerException in the error.
  The user build script needs to be corrected to not use the
  property, or the property needs to be defined, in order for the
  user build to possibly complete the condition successfully.
  

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

  DEV FOR Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels