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IBM Rational Performance Tester Throws NullPointerException in Playback

Troubleshooting


Problem

A defect was introduced into Rational Performance Tester (RPT) version 10.2.3. POST and DELETE requests with a "Content-Length: 0" header are not handled properly by the playback engine.
This has been fixed in the very next release (version 10.5) and beyond.

Symptom

The following stack trace will appear in the Test Log after playing back:
Explanation: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.impl.HTTPAction.writeRequestBody(HTTPAction.java:2616)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.impl.HTTPAction.writeRequestState(HTTPAction.java:2372)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.impl.HTTPAction.sendRequestState_writeChannelControl(HTTPAction.java:2361)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.impl.HTTPAction.sendRequestState(HTTPAction.java:2096)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.impl.HTTPAction.handleConnect_http(HTTPAction.java:1467)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.impl.HTTPAction.handleConnect(HTTPAction.java:1094)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.impl.HTTPAction.handleHandshakeComplete(HTTPAction.java:1068)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.kernel.io.impl.KChannel.finishHandshake(KChannel.java:332)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.kernel.io.impl.KChannel.executeAction(KChannel.java:258)
    at com.ibm.rational.test.lt.kernel.action.impl.KAction.run(KAction.java:2115)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:823)

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 January 2024

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ibm17108906