NPE if "res-type" element is missing in ejb-jar.xml for injection of SessionContext ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: EJBTHREE-1856 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-1856 Project: EJB 3.0 Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 1.1.5 Reporter: Wolfgang Knauf I have an ejb-jar.xml for an annotation free EJB. I try to inject a SessionContext. With JBoss 5.0, this snippet worked: <resource-ref> <res-ref-name>NameDoesNotCare</res-ref-name> <mapped-name>java:comp/EJBContext</mapped-name> <injection-target> <injection-target-class>de.some.package.SecuredBean</injection-target-class> <injection-target-name>mySessionContext</injection-target-name> </injection-target> </resource-ref> With JBoss 5.1, this fails with a NullPointerException (EJB is "SecuredBean" in "SecurityEJB.jar"): 21:02:02,890 ERROR [Ejb3Deployment] Exception while processing container metadata for EJB: SecuredBean in unit: SecurityEJB.jar 21:02:02,890 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Real: name=vfszip:/C:/temp/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/tmp/jsr88/Security.ear/ state=PreReal mode=Manual requiredState=Real org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error deploying SecurityEJB.jar: Exception while processing container metadata for EJB: SecuredBean in unit: SecurityEJB.jar at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:196) at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:99) at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractVFSRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractVFSRealDeployer.java:45) at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1439) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1157) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1210) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1098) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1631) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:781) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:702) at org.jboss.deployment.services.DeploymentManagerService.deploy_phase2(DeploymentManagerService.java:413) at org.jboss.deployment.services.DeploymentManagerService.deploy(DeploymentManagerService.java:295) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor305.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.jmx.connector.invoker.InvokerAdaptorService.invoke(InvokerAdaptorService.java:263) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor304.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:138) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:90) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:140) at org.jboss.jmx.connector.invoker.SerializableInterceptor.invoke(SerializableInterceptor.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:90) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.server.JRMPProxyFactory.invoke(JRMPProxyFactory.java:180) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor303.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.server.JRMPInvoker$MBeanServerAction.invoke(JRMPInvoker.java:855) at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.server.JRMPInvoker.invoke(JRMPInvoker.java:422) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor302.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(Unknown Source) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Unknown Source) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(Unknown Source) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(Unknown Source) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Exception while processing container metadata for EJB: SecuredBean in unit: SecurityEJB.jar at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.start(Ejb3Deployment.java:549) at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:189) ... 68 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.injection.ResourceHandler.loadXmlResourceRefs(ResourceHandler.java:185) at org.jboss.injection.ResourceHandler.loadXml(ResourceHandler.java:335) at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.processMetadata(EJBContainer.java:588) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.processEJBContainerMetadata(Ejb3Deployment.java:418) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.start(Ejb3Deployment.java:527) ... 69 more I found that "<res-type>javax.ejb.SessionContext</res-type>" is missing. 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