Hey Dennis, I can certainly close this, but it sounds like you've found a valid bug. I've never used UpdateActionListener, so I can't be sure. >From what I can tell, your patch doesn't seem to fix it, though. It merely ignores the symptom.
If nothing else, we should be throwing better errors rather than having an NPE someplace. On 12/15/05, Dennis Byrne (JIRA) <[email protected]> wrote: > [ > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-847?page=comments#action_12360555 > ] > > Dennis Byrne commented on MYFACES-847: > -------------------------------------- > > Someone may want to close this, as the exception can be avoided by > configuring a Converter. > > > NPE w/ UpdateActionListener when @property is Serializable > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Key: MYFACES-847 > > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-847 > > Project: MyFaces > > Type: Bug > > Components: Tomahawk > > Versions: 1.1.1 > > Reporter: Dennis Byrne > > Priority: Minor > > Attachments: myfaces.nov.18.2005.txt > > > > If the property attribute of t:updateActionListener evaluates to a property > > in a backing bean that is of type Serializable, the call to > > context.getApplication().createConverter in > > UpdateActionListener.processAction() returns null. This results in a NPE > > at the bottom of processAction() . Patch attached. > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: > http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa > - > For more information on JIRA, see: > http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > >
