I have added a fix for this problem, which will be in the
next release.
-d.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:20:40 -0700, Pavan Aripirala Venkata wrote:
>Gopal,
> I encountered the same problem. I sent an e-mail to Deryl. But
>no reply from him. Probably he is busy.
> You get this problem if the action element, you are testing, in
>struts-config.xml does not contain the attribute "name". This is
>because
>in CactusStrutsTestCase.java, the code doesn't check for null value
>of
>'mapping.getAttribute()' (which returns the value of the attribute :
>"name" (name is the attribute specifying the form name)).
>
> I am attaching the entire e-mail that I sent Deryl (see at the
>end). The work around for this is I modified the
>CactusStrutsTestCase.java at the place where mapping.getAttribute()
>is
>supposed to be checked for null value
> i.e. I added
> if (mapping.getAttribute() != null) { // This condition I added.
> if ("request".equals(scope)) {
>retForm =
>(ActionForm)getRequest().getAttribute(mapping.getAttribute());
>} else if ("session".equals(scope)) {
>retForm =
>(ActionForm)getSession().getAttribute(mapping.getAttribute());
>}
>setActionForm(retForm);
>}
> And it works!
> I suppose this is a bug. Please let me know if there is any
>mailing list for Cactus Struts tests in SourceForge.
>
>Pavan.
>
>Here is the e-mail
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>------------------
> Hi Deryl, I am sending you this query because I don't know if
>there is any mailing list for Cactus Struts testing using the
>SourceForge's "strutstest.jar" (version 1.6). Please let me know if
>there is any mailing list and I'll post this there.
> Here is the problem, I am using CactusStrutsTestCase for testing
>our struts. We have in our struts-config.xml, one of the action
>elements
>without "name" attribute and without "scope" attribute. Example:
>
><action path="/getDocs"
>type="com.h5.struts.webapp.actions.retrieve.GetDocumentsAction"
>validate="false">
><forward name="view_documents"
>path="/popBrowseCollectionForm.do"
>redirect="false"/>
><forward name="corpusmissing.exception"
>path="/getConRes.do?forward=change_collection" redirect="false"/>
></action>
>
>When I test this action class, the actionPerform method in
>CactusStrutsTestCase.java is being executed and I receive a
>NullPointerException (approximate line number 384) at
> String scope = mapping.getScope();
> if ("request".equals(scope)) {
>retForm =
>(ActionForm)getRequest().getAttribute(mapping.getAttribute());
>} else if ("session".equals(scope)) {
>-------> retForm =
>(ActionForm)getSession().getAttribute(mapping.getAttribute());
>}
>setActionForm(retForm);
>
>because mapping.getAttribute() is null and value of the variable
>scope is "session", even though I don't have the "scope" attribute
>set.
>Question 1) Will the scope attribute defaults to session? (I don't
>know
>much about struts)
>Question 2) In the CactusStrutsTestCase.java the code does not check
>for
>null value of mapping.getAttribute(). However at around line 340, you
>check for null value
>of mapping.getAttribute() to get the ActionForm. So should there have
>been a if condition in CactusStrutsTestCase.java ?
>Thanks Deryl
>
>Pavan.
>
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>------------------
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gopal Ram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:07 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: NullPointerException from actionPerform method
>
>
>Hi,
>
>My test case extends from CactusStrutsTestCase. When I
>run the test case , it redirects to the server and
>calls the actionPerform method. But before returning
>back to the Client it gives me a NullPointerException
>on the client side where I execute my test case.
>
>public void testXXX() {
>addRequestParameter("Action","init");
>setRequestPathInfo("/s001.do");
>actionPerform();
>verifyForwardPath("success");
>}
>
>java.lang.NullPointerException
>at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:320)
>at
>org.apache.tomcat.session.StandardSession.getAttribute(StandardSessio
>n.j
>ava:506)
>at
>servletunit.struts.CactusStrutsTestCase.actionPerform(CactusStrutsTes
>tCa
>se.java:384)
>
>Can somebody tell me why is this happening ? I guess I
>have set up the cactus.properties file properly
>otherwise the server will not get the request itself?
>
>Thanks
>Gopal
>
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