I went ahead and checked out and installed MyFaces 1.1.3 into my local
maven repo and updated my poms. I tried going back to the area that was
giving me a NPE exception (where I should be getting forwarded as in my
previous post) and now I get a slightly different message as below.
It looks life for some reason after doing the ExternalContext.dispatch()
there is not longer a FacesContext. Any ideas why would that be?
Thanks,
Rich
java.lang.NullPointerException: context
at
javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.getRenderer(UIComponentBase.java:738)
at
javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.getRendersChildren(UIComponentBase.java:307)
at
org.apache.shale.clay.faces.ClayViewHandler.recursiveRender(ClayViewHandler.java:408)
at
org.apache.shale.clay.faces.ClayViewHandler.renderView(ClayViewHandler.java:347)
at
org.apache.shale.view.faces.ViewViewHandler.renderView(ViewViewHandler.java:151)
at
org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:384)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:138)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:292)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.switchuser.SwitchUserProcessingFilter.doFilter(SwitchUserProcessingFilter.java:382)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:98)
at
org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.SecurityEnforcementFilter.doFilter(SecurityEnforcementFilter.java:197)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:143)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:154)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:214)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:246)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:156)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.securechannel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:168)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:173)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:120)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at
org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:71)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at
org.apache.shale.faces.ShaleApplicationFilter.doFilter(ShaleApplicationFilter.java:275)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java:693)
at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:660)
at
org.apache.jsp.assessment.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.assessment.index_jsp:43)
at
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322)
at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:292)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.switchuser.SwitchUserProcessingFilter.doFilter(SwitchUserProcessingFilter.java:382)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:108)
at
org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.SecurityEnforcementFilter.doFilter(SecurityEnforcementFilter.java:197)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:143)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:154)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:214)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:246)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:220)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.securechannel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:168)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:173)
at
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:120)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at
org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:174)
at
org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Richard Wallace wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm trying to use the ExternalContext.dispatch() method to direct a
> person to a page if they haven't done something they were supposed to
> yet. My code looks like this:
>
> if (hasTakenAssessment ()) {
> try {
> getExternalContext ().dispatch
> ("/assessment/report/default.html");
> return;
> } catch (IOException ioe) {
> throw new RuntimeException (ioe);
> }
> }
>
> When the dispatch() is called I get a NPE when the renderkit tries to
> figure out the content type. I'm using myfaces-1.1.1 (I'll upgrade to
> 1.1.3 when tomahawk gets put in the maven repos), and the offending
> line is
>
> contentTypeListString = (String)
>
> context.getExternalContext().getRequestHeaderMap().get("Accept");
>
> That causes the below exception to be thrown. I've used this before
> successfully. Any ideas what could be going wrong this time?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at
> org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlRendererUtils.selectContentType(HtmlRendererUtils.java:919)
> at
> org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlRenderKitImpl.createResponseWriter(HtmlRenderKitImpl.java:105)
> at
> org.apache.shale.faces.ValidatorRenderKit.createResponseWriter(ValidatorRenderKit.java:108)
> at
> org.apache.shale.clay.faces.ClayViewHandler.renderView(ClayViewHandler.java:340)
> at
> org.apache.shale.view.faces.ViewViewHandler.renderView(ViewViewHandler.java:151)
> at
> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:352)
> at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:107)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:292)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.switchuser.SwitchUserProcessingFilter.doFilter(SwitchUserProcessingFilter.java:382)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:98)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.SecurityEnforcementFilter.doFilter(SecurityEnforcementFilter.java:197)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:143)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:154)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:214)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:246)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:156)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.securechannel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:168)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:173)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:120)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> at
> org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:71)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> at
> org.apache.shale.faces.ShaleApplicationFilter.doFilter(ShaleApplicationFilter.java:275)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
> at
> org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java:693)
> at
> org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:660)
> at
> org.apache.jsp.assessment.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.assessment.index_jsp:43)
> at
> org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
> at
> org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322)
> at
> org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
> at
> org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:292)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.switchuser.SwitchUserProcessingFilter.doFilter(SwitchUserProcessingFilter.java:382)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:108)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.SecurityEnforcementFilter.doFilter(SecurityEnforcementFilter.java:197)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:143)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:154)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:214)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:246)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:220)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.securechannel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:168)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:303)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:173)
> at
> org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:120)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> at
> org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:174)
> at
> org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
> at
> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
> at
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
> at
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
>
