Comparator doesn't consider null values --------------------------------------- Key: RF-10189 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-10189 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Components: component-tables Affects Versions: 4.0.0.Milestone5 Environment: * RichFaces 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT r.20958 * Metamer 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT r.20964 * Mojarra 2.0.3-b05 * JBoss AS 6.0.0.Final * OpenJDK Runtime Environment 1.6.0_20-b20 @ Linux * Firefox 3.6.13 @ Linux x86_64 Reporter: Lukas Fryc See also [Steps to Reproduce] to reproduce it in Metamer. I have model which contains null values in one column and when I want to sort by such column, I want to let RichFaces consider it and sort it on the end of the. The java.lang.Comparable itself [1] states that the NullPointerException should be thrown when comparing object to null value. However for user convenience, it will be better to handle null values in consistent way to avoid necessity for defining custom comparator. [1] http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.Date.getMillisOf(Date.java:956) at java.util.Date.compareTo(Date.java:976) at java.util.Date.compareTo(Date.java:129) at org.richfaces.model.ArrangeableModel.compareSortByValues(ArrangeableModel.java:328) at org.richfaces.model.ArrangeableModel.compare(ArrangeableModel.java:309) at org.richfaces.model.ArrangeableModel.access$200(ArrangeableModel.java:52) at org.richfaces.model.ArrangeableModel$2.compare(ArrangeableModel.java:262) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1283) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1294) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1294) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1294) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1294) at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1223) at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:176) at org.richfaces.model.ArrangeableModel.sort(ArrangeableModel.java:260) at org.richfaces.model.ArrangeableModel.arrange(ArrangeableModel.java:214) at org.richfaces.component.UIDataTableBase.createExtendedDataModel(UIDataTableBase.java:170) at org.richfaces.component.UIDataAdaptor.getExtendedDataModel(UIDataAdaptor.java:560) at org.richfaces.component.UIDataAdaptor.getRowCount(UIDataAdaptor.java:607) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractTableRenderer.encodeTableRows(AbstractTableRenderer.java:147) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractTableRenderer.doEncodeChildren(AbstractTableRenderer.java:209) at org.richfaces.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeChildren(RendererBase.java:157) at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:849) at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1643) at org.richfaces.renderkit.DataTableRenderer.encodeRow(DataTableRenderer.java:183) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractRowsRenderer.process(AbstractRowsRenderer.java:62) at org.ajax4jsf.model.SequenceDataModel.walk(SequenceDataModel.java:109) at org.richfaces.component.UIDataAdaptor.walk(UIDataAdaptor.java:918) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractRowsRenderer.encodeRows(AbstractRowsRenderer.java:72) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractTableRenderer.encodeRows(AbstractTableRenderer.java:102) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractRowsRenderer.processRows(AbstractRowsRenderer.java:80) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractTableRenderer.encodeTableRows(AbstractTableRenderer.java:159) at org.richfaces.renderkit.AbstractTableRenderer.doEncodeChildren(AbstractTableRenderer.java:209) at org.richfaces.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeChildren(RendererBase.java:157) at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:849) at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1643) at org.richfaces.context.ExtendedPartialViewContextImpl$RenderVisitCallback.visit(ExtendedPartialViewContextImpl.java:517) at org.richfaces.context.BaseExtendedVisitContext.invokeVisitCallback(BaseExtendedVisitContext.java:480) at org.richfaces.component.UIDataAdaptor.visitTree(UIDataAdaptor.java:1343) at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.visitTree(UIComponent.java:1487) at javax.faces.component.UIForm.visitTree(UIForm.java:331) at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.visitTree(UIComponent.java:1487) at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.visitTree(UIComponent.java:1487) at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.visitTree(UIComponent.java:1487) at org.richfaces.context.ExtendedPartialViewContextImpl.processPartialRenderPhase(ExtendedPartialViewContextImpl.java:284) at org.richfaces.context.ExtendedPartialViewContextImpl.processPartial(ExtendedPartialViewContextImpl.java:206) at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.encodeChildren(UIViewRoot.java:968) at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1643) at com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.renderView(FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.java:378) at com.sun.faces.application.view.MultiViewHandler.renderView(MultiViewHandler.java:127) at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:269) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:117) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:97) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:135) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:309) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.richfaces.tests.metamer.TestIdentityFilter.doFilter(TestIdentityFilter.java:93) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:857) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636) Jan 12, 2011 2:28:15 PM org.richfaces.context.ExtendedPartialViewContextImpl$RenderVisitCallback logException 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