[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBAS-5178) NullPointerException in VFSUtils.readManifest during WAR deployment

David Bernstein (JIRA) jira-events at lists.jboss.org
Fri Jan 25 15:45:21 EST 2008


NullPointerException in VFSUtils.readManifest during WAR deployment
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                 Key: JBAS-5178
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-5178
             Project: JBoss Application Server
          Issue Type: Bug
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: Deployment services
    Affects Versions:  JBossAS-5.0.0.Beta3
         Environment: * Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.6.0_03-b05,Sun Microsystems Inc.
* OS-System: Windows XP 5.1,x86 
            Reporter: David Bernstein
         Assigned To: Dimitris Andreadis


I have a very simple WAR file that I'm trying to deploy on JBoss 5.0.0.Beta3.

I'm using:
* Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.6.0_03-b05,Sun Microsystems Inc.
* OS-System: Windows XP 5.1,x86
I am using the -Dsun.lang.ClassLoader.allowArraySyntax=true option for the JVM for Java 6 with JBoss 5 as described in JBAS-4491.

Intermittently, when I deploy the WAR file, I get a NullPointerException in org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.readManifest():

>>>
2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl] Add deployment: vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war
2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl] Removing previous deployment: vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war
2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl] Scheduling undeployment: vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war parent=null
2008-01-24 18:48:53,624 WARN  [org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner] Scan failed
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error populating deployment vfsfile:/C:/java/jboss/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/orgmob/deploy/orgmobilist.war
	at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)
	at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructureBuilder.populateContext(AbstractStructureBuilder.java:77)
	at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructuralDeployers.determineStructure(AbstractStructuralDeployers.java:89)
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.determineStructure(MainDeployerImpl.java:743)
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.addDeployment(MainDeployerImpl.java:280)
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.addDeployment(MainDeployerImpl.java:237)
	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:270)
	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:221)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:150)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:181)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:205)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:885)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:907)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.readManifest(VFSUtils.java:208)
	at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.getManifest(VFSUtils.java:187)
	at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.addManifestLocations(VFSUtils.java:106)
	at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.plugins.structure.VFSStructureBuilder.applyContextInfo(VFSStructureBuilder.java:155)
	at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructureBuilder.populateContext(AbstractStructureBuilder.java:73)
	... 15 more
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Sometimes it works without complaint. I haven't been able to figure out exactly which conditions tickle this. I had suspicions that it might have to do with whether it was a hot deploy or on the existence of the properties file, but I wasn't able to prove it consistently. It did seem that if there was previously no properties file and I then did a hot deploy with a properties file, then I got the exception. I was able to deploy successfully to 4.2.2.GA. The structure of the WAR is:


>>>
META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
WEB-INF/
WEB-INF/web.xml
WEB-INF/classes/
WEB-INF/classes/com/
WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/
WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/
WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/server/
WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/orgmob.properties
WEB-INF/classes/com/orgmob/orgmobilist/server/FooServlet.class
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The manifest is:

>>>
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.7.0
Created-By: 1.6.0_03-b05 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)


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The web.xml file is:

>>>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
	version="2.5">
	
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>foo</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>com.orgmob.orgmobilist.server.FooServlet</servlet-class>
	</servlet>
	
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>foo</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/foo</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

</web-app>
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The servlet code is:

>>>
package com.orgmob.orgmobilist.server;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

public class FooServlet extends HttpServlet {
    
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    
    private void doGetPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
	    throws ServletException, IOException {
	String userid = req.getParameter("userid");
	resp.setContentType("text/html");
	resp.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
	PrintWriter pw = resp.getWriter();
	pw.println("<html>");
	pw.println(" <head>");
	pw.println("  <title>foo servlet</title>");
	pw.println(" </head>");
	pw.println(" <body>");
	pw.println("  <p>userid: ");
	pw.println(userid);
	pw.println("  </p>");
	pw.println("  <p>");
	pw.println("  </p>");
	pw.println(" </body>");
	pw.println("</html>");
	pw.flush();
	pw.close();
	resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
    }
    
    @Override
    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
	    throws ServletException, IOException {
	doGetPost(req,resp);
    }

    @Override
    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
	    throws ServletException, IOException {
	doGetPost(req,resp);
    }
}
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The properties file is:

>>>
# orgmob
# Copyright 2007-2008 David B. Bernstein

# major.minor.patch versioning scheme for orgmob
orgmob.major.version=0
orgmob.minor.version=0
orgmob.patch.version=0

#
orgmob.copyright.year=2007-2008
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Apologies in advance if there's an obvious problem, a missed bug, or a missed post.  I hope I've captured all the relevant information.

Thanks. 

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