[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBRULES-2930) KnowledgeAgentDefinitionParser can get NPEs

KnowledgeAgentDefinitionParser can get NPEs ------------------------------------------- Key: JBRULES-2930 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2930 Project: Drools Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: drools-spring Affects Versions: 5.1.1.FINAL Reporter: stevearoonie Assignee: Mauricio Salatino Fix For: 5.3.0.Beta1 KnowledgeAgentDefinitionParser assumes that a spring bean definition has a bean class name, however when the bean extends a parent then it may not, as in the following example: <bean id="freemarkerConfiguration" class="freemarker.template.Configuration"> </bean> <bean id="workflowFreemarkerConfiguration" parent="freemarkerConfiguration"> <property name="templateLoader"> <bean class="au.com.core.messaging.freemarker.FreemarkerMessageLayoutTemplateLoader" /> </property> </bean> The BeanDefinition for bean "workflowFreemarkerConfiguration" has a null bean class name which causes KnowledgeAgentDefinitionParser.parseInternal to throw an NPE. Specifically this line: if ( def.getBeanClassName().equals( StatelessKnowledgeSessionBeanFactory.class.getName() ) ) {