[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-4441) web.xml parser process cannot handle exception for xml file which does not have the encoding attribute

web.xml parser process cannot handle exception for xml file which does not have the encoding attribute ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: WFLY-4441 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-4441 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 9.0.0.Alpha1 Reporter: Tomas Hofman Assignee: Tomas Hofman Description copied from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184292 Description of problem: When XMLStreamException occurs by web.xml parser process for xml file which does not have the encoding attribute, e.getLocation()[1] is null. We cannot find cause of exception by NullPointerException. [1] - org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebParsingDeploymentProcessor.java #115 } catch (XMLStreamException e) { -> #116 throw new DeploymentUnitProcessingException(MESSAGES.failToParseXMLDescriptor(webXml, e.getLocation().getLineNumber(), e.getLocation().getColumnNumber()), e); #117 } catch (IOException e) { #118 throw new DeploymentUnitProcessingException(MESSAGES.failToParseXMLDescriptor(webXml), e); #119 } Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): EAP 6.3.2 How reproducible: Attached web.xml for reproducing. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create war application using attached web.xml. 2. Deploy war to EAP. 3. Start EAP. Actual results: You can confirm NullPointerException. 15:56:23,190 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-2) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."test.war".PARSE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."test.war".PARSE: JBAS018733: Failed to process phase PARSE of deployment "test.war" at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:166) [jboss-as-server-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2] at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1980) [jboss-msc-1.1.5.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.5.Final-redhat-1] at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1913) [jboss-msc-1.1.5.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.5.Final-redhat-1] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_71] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_71] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_71] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebParsingDeploymentProcessor.deploy(WebParsingDeploymentProcessor.java:116) at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:159) [jboss-as-server-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2] ... 5 more