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Alex Parvulescu commented on OAK-775:
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I think the latest updates introduced a NPE when there are no new changes 
(#getChanges returns null and #add blows up).

{code}
org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.observation.ChangeProcessor Unable to 
generate or send events java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue.offer(LinkedBlockingQueue.java:410)
        at java.util.AbstractQueue.add(AbstractQueue.java:95)
        at 
org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.observation.ChangeDispatcher$Listener.add(ChangeDispatcher.java:201)
        at 
org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.observation.ChangeDispatcher$Listener.getChanges(ChangeDispatcher.java:195)
        at 
org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.observation.ChangeProcessor.run(ChangeProcessor.java:133)
{code}
                
> Implement backward compatible observation
> -----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OAK-775
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-775
>             Project: Jackrabbit Oak
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: core, jcr
>            Reporter: Michael Dürig
>            Assignee: Michael Dürig
>         Attachments: OAK-775-isExternal.patch, OAK-775.patch
>
>
> As [discussed | http://markmail.org/message/6bqycmx6vbq7m25c] we might want 
> look into implementing an alternative approach to observation, which trades 
> some scalability for improved backward compatibility. 

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