[jbpm-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Assigned: (JBPM-1686) NPE when reading a process definition with a decision name which contains the "/" character

NPE when reading a process definition with a decision name which contains the "/" character ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBPM-1686 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPM-1686 Project: JBoss jBPM Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Core Engine Affects Versions: jBPM 3.2.2 Environment: JDK1.6.0, Eclipse 3.3 Reporter: Julien Kronegg Assignee: Alejandro Guizar Priority: Minor Fix For: jBPM 3.3.2 GA Original Estimate: 3 hours Remaining Estimate: 3 hours When a process definition is read and when it contains a decision named with a "/" character, a NullPointerException is raised: import org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition; public class TestDecisionNPE { public static final void main(String[] args){ ProcessDefinition.parseXmlString( "<process-definition>" + " <start-state>" + " <transition to='d/e' />" + " </start-state>" + " <decision name='d/e'>" + " <transition name='one' to='a'>" + " <condition>#{a == 1}</condition>" + " </transition>" + " <transition name='three' to='c'>" + " <condition>#{a == 3}</condition>" + " </transition>" + " </decision>" + " <state name='a' />" + " <state name='c' />" + "</process-definition>"); } } raises: GRAVE: couldn't parse process definition java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.findNode(ProcessDefinition.java:345) at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.findNode(ProcessDefinition.java:299) at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlXmlReader.resolveTransitionDestination(JpdlXmlReader.java:774) at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlXmlReader.resolveTransitionDestinations(JpdlXmlReader.java:740) at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlXmlReader.resolveTransitionDestinations(JpdlXmlReader.java:732) at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlXmlReader.readProcessDefinition(JpdlXmlReader.java:162) at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.parseXmlString(ProcessDefinition.java:151) at test.TestDecisionNPE.main(TestDecisionNPE.java:7) Exception in thread "main" org.jbpm.jpdl.JpdlException: [[ERROR] couldn't parse process definition] at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlXmlReader.readProcessDefinition(JpdlXmlReader.java:172) at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.parseXmlString(ProcessDefinition.java:151) at test.TestDecisionNPE.main(TestDecisionNPE.java:7) This is due to a "node = nodeCollection.getNode(namePart);" in ProcessDefinition.findNode(): a Decision has no nodes, so the nodeCollection is null. It should be : 1. a more descriptive exception message, such as "could not get the node with name XXX" 2. a validation step which prevent the node name to contain "/" characters, e.g. throw an exception "the node name cannot contain a "/" character"