[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (JASSIST-66) NullPointerException in RuntimeSupport.DefaultMethodHandler (not thread-safe)

NullPointerException in RuntimeSupport.DefaultMethodHandler (not thread-safe) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JASSIST-66 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JASSIST-66 Project: Javassist Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.8.1.GA Reporter: Patrick Taylor Assignee: Shigeru Chiba Labels: NTT Fix For: 3.9.0.GA There appears to be a race condition which can result in a NullPointerException thrown by RuntimeSupport.DefaultMethodHandler.invoke(). It is documented in the following two forum posts: http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=126583 http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4176648 The first post includes a patch. I downloaded the 3.8.1.GA source, applied the patch, and the problem no longer occurs, so I believe the patch is good.