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[gf-users] Logger throws NPE

From: Andreas Junius <andreas.junius_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:46:33 +1030

Hi GF fans,

I'm developing a REST endpoint that accepts file uploads and I used a
bunch of System.out statements to see what I can get from certain
objects. If any method returns null, GF throws a NPE. That NPE gets
thrown by the logging mechanism and I think that is a bug; there should
be a null check within the logging framework, shouldn't it? Otherwise
it'd be a bit confusing and it adds overhead, because the coder has to
add NP checks around their test output:

if (bodyPart.getContentDisposition().getModificationDate() != null) {
        System.out.println(bodyPart.getContentDisposition().getModificationDate());
}

That's the exception:
2014-10-24T09:31:04.445+1030|Severe: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
com.sun.common.util.logging.LoggingOutputStream$LoggingPrintStream.println(LoggingOutputStream.java:230)
        at
org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime.threadio.ThreadPrintStream.println(ThreadPrintStream.java:205)
        at info.junius.apps.yakka.server.FileUpload.post(FileUpload.java:64)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory$1.invoke(ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.java:81)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.invoke(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:125)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider$TypeOutInvoker.doDispatch(JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider.java:195)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.dispatch(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:91)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:346)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:341)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:101)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime$1.run(ServerRuntime.java:224)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:271)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:267)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:315)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:297)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:267)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.RequestScope.runInScope(RequestScope.java:317)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime.process(ServerRuntime.java:198)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.handle(ApplicationHandler.java:946)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:323)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:372)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:335)
        at
org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:218)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.service(StandardWrapper.java:1682)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:344)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214)
        at
info.junius.apps.yakka.server.CryptographyFilter.doFilter(CryptographyFilter.java:135)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:256)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214)
        at
info.junius.apps.yakka.server.HeaderFilter.doFilter(HeaderFilter.java:50)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:256)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:316)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:160)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:734)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:673)
        at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:99)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:174)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:357)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:260)
        at
com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:188)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.runService(HttpHandler.java:191)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.doHandle(HttpHandler.java:168)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpServerFilter.handleRead(HttpServerFilter.java:189)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.ExecutorResolver$9.execute(ExecutorResolver.java:119)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeFilter(DefaultFilterChain.java:288)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeChainPart(DefaultFilterChain.java:206)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.execute(DefaultFilterChain.java:136)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.process(DefaultFilterChain.java:114)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.ProcessorExecutor.execute(ProcessorExecutor.java:77)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.TCPNIOTransport.fireIOEvent(TCPNIOTransport.java:838)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.AbstractIOStrategy.fireIOEvent(AbstractIOStrategy.java:113)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.run0(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:115)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.access$100(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:55)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy$WorkerThreadRunnable.run(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:135)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:564)
        at
org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:544)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)



Cheers,
Andy