PI38601: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION FROM PLUTO AND WCMCONFIG CLASSES DURING SER VER STARTUP WHEN WCM TRACING IS ENABLED

Fixes integrated in WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 Combined Cumulative Fixes
Fixes integrated in WebSphere Portal 8.5.0.0 Combined Cumulative Fixes

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When tracing is enabled for WCM, a NullPointerException from
  both the Pluto and WCMConfig classes can be seen within
  trace.log during the server startup.
  
  Note: There is no functional impact to the server. This is a
  purely a logging issue where the exceptions are incorrectly
  printed to the logs when tracing is enabled.
  
  The following exceptions can be seen in the trace logs:
  WCMConfig  1  Exception while parsing Double value returning
  default value: 1.5 java.lang.NullPointerException
    at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(FloatingDecim
  al.java:1079)
    at java.lang.Double.valueOf(Double.java:515)
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.config.WCMConfig
  .getDouble(WCMConfig.java:268)
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.repository.UuidToClassMap
  .<clinit>(UuidToClassMap.java:52)
  
  
  Pluto 1 <Null Message> java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.domain.user.ControllableShortcut
  .<init>(ControllableShortcut.java:51)
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.domain.user.FavoriteItem
  .<init>(FavoriteItem.java:33)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.Pluto.testShortcutTransaction(Pluto
  .java:331)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.Pluto.initPersistence(Pluto.java:310)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.Pluto.init(Pluto.java:183)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.PlutoModule.initPluto(PlutoModule
  .java:181)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.PlutoModule.init(PlutoModule.java:158)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• When tracing is enabled for WCM, a NullPointerException from
  both the Pluto and WCMConfig classes can be seen within
  trace.log during the server startup.
  
  Note: There is no functional impact to the server. This is a
  purely a logging issue where the exceptions are incorrectly
  printed to the logs when tracing is enabled.
  
  The following exceptions can be seen in the trace logs:
  WCMConfig  1  Exception while parsing Double value returning
  default value: 1.5 java.lang.NullPointerException
    at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(FloatingDecim
  al.java:1079)
    at java.lang.Double.valueOf(Double.java:515)
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.config.WCMConfig
  .getDouble(WCMConfig.java:268)
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.repository.UuidToClassMap
  .<clinit>(UuidToClassMap.java:52)
  
  
  Pluto 1 <Null Message> java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.domain.user.ControllableShortcut
  .<init>(ControllableShortcut.java:51)
    at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.domain.user.FavoriteItem
  .<init>(FavoriteItem.java:33)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.Pluto.testShortcutTransaction(Pluto
  .java:331)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.Pluto.initPersistence(Pluto.java:310)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.Pluto.init(Pluto.java:183)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.PlutoModule.initPluto(PlutoModule
  .java:181)
    at com.aptrix.pluto.PlutoModule.init(PlutoModule.java:158)
  

Problem conclusion

• The code has been updated to gracefully handle the
  NullPointerExceptions when WCM tracing is enabled.
  

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

  LOTUS WEB CONT

• Fixed component ID

  5724I2900

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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