[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Assigned: (JBSEAM-3109) I get a NullPointerException when I try to use HTTP Basic Authentication.

I get a NullPointerException when I try to use HTTP Basic Authentication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-3109 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-3109 Project: Seam Issue Type: Bug Components: Framework Affects Versions: 2.0.2.SP1 Environment: Windows XP sp2, Jboss 4.2.2.GA Reporter: Ken Qiu Assigned To: Shane Bryzak Priority: Blocker I get a NullPointerException when I try to use HTTP Basic Authentication. I've added the following to components.xml: <security:identity authenticate-method="#{authenticatorTest.login}" /> <web:authentication-filter url-pattern="*.seam" auth-type="basic"/> Here's the stack trace: 14:00:26,359 ERROR [ExceptionFilter] handling uncaught exception java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter.processBasicAuth(AuthenticationFilter.java:158) at org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:118) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:85) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:42) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:73) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:141) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:281) at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:60) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:524) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446) I noticed that the Identity component is not started until after the exception: 14:00:26,359 INFO [Contexts] starting up: org.jboss.seam.security.identity 14:00:26,359 INFO [Contexts] starting up: org.jboss.seam.web.session I checked the seam sources and this is the line that is causing the exception (AuthenticationFilter.java #158): if (!identity.isLoggedIn() && !identity.isCredentialsSet()) So, it "identity" is null. This is consistent with my observation (above) that the component was not started yet.