[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (AS7-1159) Running commands from file in CLI without a connection fails with a hidden NullPointerException - Failed to execute batch: null

Running commands from file in CLI without a connection fails with a hidden NullPointerException - Failed to execute batch: null ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: AS7-1159 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-1159 Project: Application Server 7 Issue Type: Bug Components: CLI Affects Versions: 7.0.0.CR1 Reporter: Darran Lofthouse Assignee: Alexey Loubyansky Fix For: 7.1.0.Alpha1 The following NPE occurs if a file is executed without specifying to connect: - java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.as.cli.handlers.batch.BatchRunHandler.doHandle(BatchRunHandler.java:82) at org.jboss.as.cli.handlers.CommandHandlerWithHelp.handle(CommandHandlerWithHelp.java:92) at org.jboss.as.cli.CommandLineMain.processLine(CommandLineMain.java:437) at org.jboss.as.cli.CommandLineMain.processFile(CommandLineMain.java:363) at org.jboss.as.cli.CommandLineMain.main(CommandLineMain.java:257) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.jboss.modules.Module.run(Module.java:270) at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:313) However the error that is reported to the end user is "Failed to execute batch: null" The following command from the CR1 distro will reproduce: - ./jboss-admin.sh --file=scripts/secure-standalone-mgmt.cli In addition to this it is not possible to specify the address of the native interface to connect to from the command line when using --file, if --connect is specified only the default host and port will be used.