selectManyListbox executePhase NullPointerException --------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-2039 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2039 Project: JBoss Seam Issue Type: Bug Components: JSF Affects Versions: 1.2.1.GA Environment: JBoss AS 4.2.1GA, Sun Microsystems JavaServer Faces Implementation 1.2_04-b16-p02, Ubuntu 7.04 Reporter: Przemyslaw Rudzki Fix For: 1.2.1.GA I have simple model: class Book { @ManyToMany //unidirectional private List<DictionaryEntry> dictionaryEntryList; } In the JSF it is presented as: <h:selectManyListbox id="select2Status" value="#{bookHome.instance.dictionaryEntryList}" required="false"> <s:convertEntity /> <s:selectItems value="#{dictionaryEntryList.resultList}" var="item" label="#{item.value}" noSelectionLabel="---------" /> </h:selectManyListbox> 1. When I create entity with some elements selected everything works fine. 2. When I edit the selection and update everything works great. 3. The problem occurs when I deselect all the items and try to do an update. I get then: 00:46:49,840 WARN [lifecycle] executePhase(PROCESS_VALIDATIONS 3,com.sun.faces.context.FacesContextImpl@1625154) threw exception javax.faces.FacesException at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ProcessValidationsPhase.execute(ProcessValidationsPhase.java:108) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:117) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:244) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:307) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:63) at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:57) at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:49) at org.jboss.seam.debug.hot.HotDeployFilter.doFilter(HotDeployFilter.java:60) at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:49) at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45) at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:49) at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:79) at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:49) at org.jboss.seam.web.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:84) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:141) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:281) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:241) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:580) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at javax.faces.component.UISelectMany.matchValue(UISelectMany.java:496) at javax.faces.component.UISelectMany.validateValue(UISelectMany.java:454) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira