NullPointerException in UISelectItems when var attribute is not specified in s:selectItems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: JBSEAM-4347 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-4347 Project: Seam Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.1.2.GA Reporter: Julien Kronegg Priority: Minor When having a <s:selectItems value="#{myList}"/> , a NullPointerException is raised: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.faces.context.RequestMap.put(ExternalContextImpl.java:1066) at org.jboss.seam.ui.component.UISelectItems$ContextualSelectItem.setup(UISelectItems.java:73) at org.jboss.seam.ui.component.UISelectItems$ContextualSelectItem.create(UISelectItems.java:90) at org.jboss.seam.ui.component.UISelectItems.asSelectItems(UISelectItems.java:195) at org.jboss.seam.ui.component.UISelectItems.getValue(UISelectItems.java:166) at org.ajax4jsf.util.SelectUtils.getSelectItems(SelectUtils.java:84) at org.richfaces.renderkit.InplaceSelectBaseRenderer.getItemLabel(InplaceSelectBaseRenderer.java:175) .... Instead of an ugly NPE, Seam should fail gracefully by one of these solutions: 1) throwing a comprehensive exception message 2) having a property "var" as mandatory -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira