19 Jul
2007
19 Jul
'07
2:20 p.m.
Hi!
I've made a panel that displays tags in a tag cloud (size relative to
occurrence). But on a few occasions I get an exception, and I've managed
to pinpoint fairly accurately under what circumstance. The code
involved, that usually works is this:
#set($query = "select elements(prop.list) from BaseObject as obj,
DBStringListProperty as prop where obj.className='XWiki.TagClass' and
obj.id=prop.id.id and prop.id.name='tags'")
#set( $allTags = $xwiki.search($query))
#set( $allTagsSorted = $xwiki.sort($allTags))
If the user is not logged in, and presses the login link in the top left
corner (--> /xwiki/bin/login/XWiki/XWikiLogin), the panel returns the
enclosed exception. After some debugging, it seems that $allTags is not
assigned a value from $xwiki.search($query). This leads me to believe
that $xwiki might not be available from this particular context. Has
anyone else encountered this, or is it an artifact in my environment?
I'm running xwiki v1.1-milestone2, mysql, winxp, tomcat, java5. Both my
db and xwiki installs are pretty fresh and un-tampered with.
best regards :-)
Thomas
13:47:50,211 ERROR http-9080-2
http://myHost:9080/xwiki/bin/login/XWiki/XWikiLogin?xredirect=http%3A%2F%2F…
SimpleLog4JLogSystem:logVelocityMessage:154 - Method sort threw exception for reference
$xwiki in template XWiki.XWikiLogin at [6,24]
org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method
'sort' in class com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException @ XWiki.XWikiLogin[6,31]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:286)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:203)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:419)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:73)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:125)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:240)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:143)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.render(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:91)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultXWikiRenderingEngine.renderText(DefaultXWikiRenderingEngine.java:229)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultXWikiRenderingEngine.renderText(DefaultXWikiRenderingEngine.java:161)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultXWikiRenderingEngine.renderText(DefaultXWikiRenderingEngine.java:132)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:366)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.objects.classes.TextAreaClass.displayView(TextAreaClass.java:165)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.display(XWikiDocument.java:1265)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.display(XWikiDocument.java:1245)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.Document.display(Document.java:864)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor90.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at
org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:295)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:245)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:203)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:294)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:74)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:107)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:74)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:88)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:194)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:170)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:74)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Foreach.render(Foreach.java:448)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:170)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:74)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:88)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:240)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:143)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:1249)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:1218)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:491)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor59.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at
org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:295)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:245)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:203)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:294)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:194)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:170)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:240)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:143)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:1249)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:1218)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:491)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor59.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at
org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:295)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:245)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:203)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:294)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:194)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:170)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:74)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:107)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:318)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:240)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:143)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:1249)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:1218)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.parseTemplate(Utils.java:98)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:159)
at
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:414)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:690)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at
com.xpn.xwiki.web.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:118)
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:228)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:216)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:634)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:445)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:116)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.sort(XWiki.java:1676)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor110.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at
org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:295)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:245)
... 99 more
28 Jul
28 Jul
6:24 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] $xwiki not always available?
On 7/19/07, Thomas Drevon <thomas.drevon(a)intermedia.uio.no> wrote:
Hi!
I've made a panel that displays tags in a tag cloud (size relative to
occurrence). But on a few occasions I get an exception, and I've managed
to pinpoint fairly accurately under what circumstance. The code
involved, that usually works is this:
[snip...]
Method sort threw exception for reference $xwiki in
template XWiki.XWikiLogin at [6,24]
org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method
'sort' in
class com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException
[snip..]
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:116)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.sort(XWiki.java:1676)
I've seen a few of these, and it doesn't really have anything to do
with the $xwiki reference (though perhaps the code should be changed
to avoid that misleading message..). The original cause is an NPE
originating out of Collections.sort, which is called by XWiki.sort:
XWiki.sort:
public List sort(List list)
{
Collections.sort(list);
return list;
}
Collections.sort doesn't appear to check for null:
public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void sort(List<T>
list) {
Object[] a = list.toArray();
Arrays.sort(a);
Seems to me like your panel needs to make sure your list is non-null
(not empty) before calling xwiki.sort
The recommended (from the velocity docs) way to check for non-null && not empty:
#if( "$!allTags" != '')
#set( $allTagsSorted = $xwiki.sort($allTags))
#end
That should solve the problem.
--
'Waste of a good apple' -Samwise Gamgee
30 Jul
30 Jul
10:51 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] $xwiki not always available?
Erin Schnabel wrote:
I've seen a few of these, and it doesn't really have anything to do
with the $xwiki reference (though perhaps the code should be changed
to avoid that misleading message..). The original cause is an NPE
originating out of Collections.sort, which is called by XWiki.sort:
XWiki.sort:
public List sort(List list)
{
Collections.sort(list);
return list;
}
Collections.sort doesn't appear to check for null:
public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void sort(List<T>
list) {
Object[] a = list.toArray();
Arrays.sort(a);
Seems to me like your panel needs to make sure your list is non-null
(not empty) before calling xwiki.sort
Thanks for taking the time to answer me! I see the flaw that you
pointing out.
The recommended (from the velocity docs) way to check
for non-null && not empty:
#if( "$!allTags" != '')
#set( $allTagsSorted = $xwiki.sort($allTags))
#end
That should solve the problem.
I ended up doing something similar:
#set( $allTags = $xwiki.search($query))
#if ( $allTags.size() > 1)
...do stuff
#end
However, I'm absolutely positive that my list of tags isn't empty, so
this can't the ultimate cause of the problem. This was confirmed by
Sergiu Dumitriu; he recently updated the jira issue concerning the
inclusion of the above mentioned tag cloud in xwiki. Check it out:
http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XE-51
cheers :-)
Thomaas
7:40 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] $xwiki not always available?
On 7/30/07, Thomas Drevon <thomas.drevon(a)intermedia.uio.no> wrote:
[snip..]
Thanks for taking the time to answer me! I see the flaw that you
pointing out.
Well, I've observed some interesting behavior with what you've just
mentioned. For example, if any other place in your script also uses
$allTags, and $xwiki.search($query) barfs for some reason, the
other/dirty value will stay in $allTags. Also, if $allTags is empty,
$allTags.size() will be the text $allTags.size(), and the log will
gripe that you can't compare that to be > 1.
The likelihood of that, given that your list of tags isn't empty makes
all of the above unlikely of course, but it's good to bear in mind
that weird behavior that is almost impossible to figure out can happen
when variables aren't checked for empty. The crappy part about that is
using "$var" can end up rendering the content... not a perfect
solution by any means, but one that is the safest if you want non-null
and not empty.
#set($allTags = '')
#set( $allTags = $xwiki.search($query))
#if( "$!allTags" != '' && $allTags.size() > 1)
...do stuff
#end
that should work every time. ;)
--
'Waste of a good apple' -Samwise Gamgee
The recommended (from the velocity docs) way to
check for non-null && not empty:
#if( "$!allTags" != '')
#set( $allTagsSorted = $xwiki.sort($allTags))
#end
That should solve the problem.
I ended up doing something similar:
#set( $allTags = $xwiki.search($query))
#if ( $allTags.size() > 1)
...do stuff
#end
However, I'm absolutely positive that my list of tags isn't empty, so
this can't the ultimate cause of the problem. This was confirmed by
Sergiu Dumitriu; he recently updated the jira issue concerning the
inclusion of the above mentioned tag cloud in xwiki. Check it out:
http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XE-51
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