webMethods Knowlegebase : NullPointerException when using "application/octet-stream" (1799203)

Troubleshooting

Problem

When calling the service "wm.tn.mime:addBodyPart" and using "application/octet-stream" for the "contenttype" input parameter, an error is returned that reads as follows:

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java.lang.NullPointerException

at com.wm.app.tn.mime.MimeDataUtil.isEncrypted(MimeDataUtil.java:82)

at com.wm.app.tn.mime.MimeData.setup(MimeData.java:155)

at com.wm.app.tn.mime.MimeData.addBodyPart(MimeData.java:420)

at com.wm.app.tn.mime.MimeData.addBodyPart(MimeData.java:344)

at com.wm.app.tn.mime.MimeData.addBodyPart(MimeData.java:492)

at com.wm.app.tn.mime.Mime.addBodyPart(Mime.java:413)

at wm.tn.mime.addBodyPart(mime.java:49)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.JavaService.baseInvoke(JavaService.java:411)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.InvokeManager.process(InvokeManager.java:751)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.util.tspace.ReservationProcessor.process(ReservationProcessor.java:46)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.StatisticsProcessor.process(StatisticsProcessor.java:54)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.ServiceCompletionImpl.process(ServiceCompletionImpl.java:250)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.ValidateProcessor.process(ValidateProcessor.java:49)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.PipelineProcessor.process(PipelineProcessor.java:171)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.ACLManager.process(ACLManager.java:299)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.DispatchProcessor.process(DispatchProcessor.java:34)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.AuditLogManager.process(AuditLogManager.java:399)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.InvokeManager.invoke(InvokeManager.java:629)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.InvokeManager.invoke(InvokeManager.java:443)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.invoke.InvokeManager.invoke(InvokeManager.java:401)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.ServiceManager.invoke(ServiceManager.java:253)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.BaseService.invoke(BaseService.java:236)

at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowInvoke.invoke(FlowInvoke.java:267)

at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.invokeNode(FlowState.java:668)

at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.step(FlowState.java:534)

at com.wm.lang.flow.FlowState.invoke(FlowState.java:501)

at com.wm.app.b2b.server.FlowSvcImpl.baseInvoke(FlowSvcImpl.java:1150)