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Posted to adffaces-user@incubator.apache.org by Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de> on 2007/03/01 15:50:43 UTC

Required attribute throws NullPointerException

Hi all,

I have the problem that a required attribute throws a npe, but I can't
figured out where the problem lies. I hope some can help me on this issue.

I have a JSF page like followed:


<f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
         xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
         xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
         xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
         xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
         xmlns:a4j="https://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/ajax"
         xmlns:tr="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad"
         xmlns:trh="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad/html" >

     <h:form id="editForm">

       <tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
                            label="#{messages['selection']}"
                            value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
                            required="true"

requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}" >
             <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
             <a4j:support event="onclick" reRender="showCustomAttribute" />

         </tr:selectOneRadio>
         <a4j:outputPanel id="showCustomAttribute" >
             <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
                           label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
                           value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
                           rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
                           required="true"
                         />
         </a4j:outputPanel>

         <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..save}"
value="#{messages['button.save']}" />
         <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..cancel}"
value="#{messages['button.cancel']}" immediate="true" />

     </h:form>

</f:view>

The UserAttribute is a abstract class with 2 inheritances:
BuildInAttribute and a CustomAttribute in which a text can added.
If I left out the required="true" in my tr:inputText all works fine. If
I define the attribute and I click on an instance of an new
CustomAttribute I got the following StackTrace:

12:01:26,765 ERROR [SeamExceptionFilter] exception root cause
java.lang.NullPointerException
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.EditableValueRenderer.addOnSubmitConverterValidators(EditableVal
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.SimpleInputTextRenderer.encodeAllAsElement(SimpleInputTextRender
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.FormElementRenderer.encodeAll(FormElementRenderer.java:69)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.delegateRenderer(CoreRenderer.java:297)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.renderFieldCellContents(InputLabelA
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer._renderFieldCell(LabelAndMessageRenderer
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll(LabelAndMessageRenderer.java:2
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll(InputLabelAndMessageRende
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:184)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:701)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java:249)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChildren(RendererBase.java:225)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.renderers.ajax.AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.encodeChildren(AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.java:74)
         at
javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:527)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java:245)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:120)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxContainerRenderer.encodeAjax(AjaxContainerRenderer.java:126)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.encodeAjax(AjaxViewRoot.java:570)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxContext.renderAjaxRegion(AjaxContext.java:301)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:249)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(RenderResponseExecutor.java:41)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:132)
         at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:140)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._invokeDoFilter(TrinidadFilterImpl.java:210)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._doFilterImpl(TrinidadFilterImpl.java:167)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl.doFilter(TrinidadFilterImpl.java:140)
         at
org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.TrinidadFilter.doFilter(TrinidadFilter.java:93)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
         at
org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:213)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
         at
org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:29)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
         at
org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(SeamExceptionFilter.java:43)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
         at
org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
         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.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
         at
org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
         at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
         at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
         at
org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
         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:869)
         at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
         at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
         at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

All attribute in my class are initialized, so I don't think that the
problem lies on the access of the text attribute in my CustomAttribute.

Thanks for you help
Marco

Re: Required attribute throws NullPointerException

Posted by Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de>.
Hello Matthias,

I wrote something about partial-page rendering to show and hide 
components to the wiki.

You find it under:
http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Partial-page_rendering

So others can add here examples to work with this feature. ;-)

Regards
Marco

Matthias Wessendorf wrote:
> Hello Marco,
> 
> would be great if you put that to our wiki ;-)
> 
> Thanks!
> Matthias
> 
> On 3/2/07, Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de> wrote:
>> Thank you Adam for your response.
>>
>> The solution putting the a4j component outside the form wouldn't work
>> for me, because I need both data (the selected item and the text) in my
>> action.
>>
>> But you gave me a hint about the partial-page rendering. I removed the
>> a4j commonents and use now the partial-page rendering supported from
>> trinidad. At that was the solution.
>> If I put now the required=true attribute to my inputText it works as
>> espected.
>>
>> Here my changed code, for those having a similar problem:
>>
>> <tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
>>      label="#{messages['selection']}"
>>      value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
>>      required="true"
>>      requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}"
>>      autoSubmit="true" >
>>          <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
>> </tr:selectOneRadio>
>>
>> <tr:panelGroupLayout layout="horizontal" id="showCustomAttribute"
>> partialTriggers="editForm:userAttributes" >
>>      <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
>>             label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
>>             value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
>>             rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
>>             required="true" />
>> </tr:panelGroupLayout>
>>
>> Thank you again
>> Marco
>>
>> Adam Winer wrote:
>> > The problem is in how Ajax4JSF handles partial-page rendering.  It 
>> skips
>> > over the form component entirely, so the Trinidad RenderingContext does
>> > not have a FormData object attached.
>> >
>> > Any Trinidad component that has client-side validation will result 
>> in the
>> > same error.
>> >
>> > Trinidad implements partial-page rendering very differently, using
>> > ResponseWriter
>> > filtering to only render the necessary component.
>> >
>> > You'd have to move the appropriate a4j: component outside of the h:form
>> > to get it working.
>> >
>> > -- Adam
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 3/1/07, Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I have the problem that a required attribute throws a npe, but I can't
>> >> figured out where the problem lies. I hope some can help me on this
>> >> issue.
>> >>
>> >> I have a JSF page like followed:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> <f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>> >>          xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
>> >>          xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
>> >>          xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
>> >>          xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
>> >>          xmlns:a4j="https://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/ajax"
>> >>          xmlns:tr="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad"
>> >>          xmlns:trh="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad/html" >
>> >>
>> >>      <h:form id="editForm">
>> >>
>> >>        <tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
>> >>                             label="#{messages['selection']}"
>> >>                             value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
>> >>                             required="true"
>> >>
>> >> requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}" >
>> >>              <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
>> >>              <a4j:support event="onclick" 
>> reRender="showCustomAttribute"
>> >> />
>> >>
>> >>          </tr:selectOneRadio>
>> >>          <a4j:outputPanel id="showCustomAttribute" >
>> >>              <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
>> >>                            label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
>> >>                            value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
>> >>                            
>> rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
>> >>                            required="true"
>> >>                          />
>> >>          </a4j:outputPanel>
>> >>
>> >>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..save}"
>> >> value="#{messages['button.save']}" />
>> >>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..cancel}"
>> >> value="#{messages['button.cancel']}" immediate="true" />
>> >>
>> >>      </h:form>
>> >>
>> >> </f:view>
>> >>
>> >> The UserAttribute is a abstract class with 2 inheritances:
>> >> BuildInAttribute and a CustomAttribute in which a text can added.
>> >> If I left out the required="true" in my tr:inputText all works 
>> fine. If
>> >> I define the attribute and I click on an instance of an new
>> >> CustomAttribute I got the following StackTrace:
>> >>
>> >> 12:01:26,765 ERROR [SeamExceptionFilter] exception root cause
>> >> java.lang.NullPointerException
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.EditableValueRenderer.addOnSubmitConverterValidators 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (EditableVal
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.SimpleInputTextRenderer.encodeAllAsElement 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (SimpleInputTextRender
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.FormElementRenderer.encodeAll 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (FormElementRenderer.java:69)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.delegateRenderer(
>> >> CoreRenderer.java:297)
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.renderFieldCellContents 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (InputLabelA
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer._renderFieldCell 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (LabelAndMessageRenderer
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (LabelAndMessageRenderer.java:2
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (InputLabelAndMessageRende
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(
>> >> CoreRenderer.java:184)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(
>> >> UIXComponentBase.java:701)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java 
>>
>> >>
>> >> :249)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChildren(
>> >> RendererBase.java:225)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.renderers.ajax.AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.encodeChildren(
>> >> AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.java:74)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java
>> >> :527)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java 
>>
>> >>
>> >> :245)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:120)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxContainerRenderer.encodeAjax(
>> >> AjaxContainerRenderer.java:126)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.encodeAjax(AjaxViewRoot.java:570) 
>>
>> >>
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxContext.renderAjaxRegion(AjaxContext.java
>> >> :301)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(
>> >> AjaxViewHandler.java:249)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(
>> >> RenderResponseExecutor.java:41)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:132)
>> >>          at
>> >> javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:140)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._invokeDoFilter 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:210)
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._doFilterImpl 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:167)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl.doFilter(
>> >> TrinidadFilterImpl.java:140)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.TrinidadFilter.doFilter(
>> >> TrinidadFilter.java:93)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(
>> >> BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java
>> >> :213)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java 
>>
>> >>
>> >> :29)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(
>> >> SeamExceptionFilter.java:43)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(
>> >> ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
>> >>          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.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(
>> >> SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(
>> >> JaccContextValve.java:74)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java
>> >> :126)
>> >>          at
>> >> 
>> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java
>> >> :105)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(
>> >> CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
>> >>          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:869) 
>>
>> >>
>> >>          at
>> >>
>> >> 
>> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection 
>>
>> >>
>> >> (Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(
>> >> PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
>> >>          at
>> >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(
>> >> MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
>> >>          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
>> >>
>> >> All attribute in my class are initialized, so I don't think that the
>> >> problem lies on the access of the text attribute in my 
>> CustomAttribute.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for you help
>> >> Marco
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
> 
> 


Re: Required attribute throws NullPointerException

Posted by Matthias Wessendorf <ma...@apache.org>.
Hello Marco,

would be great if you put that to our wiki ;-)

Thanks!
Matthias

On 3/2/07, Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de> wrote:
> Thank you Adam for your response.
>
> The solution putting the a4j component outside the form wouldn't work
> for me, because I need both data (the selected item and the text) in my
> action.
>
> But you gave me a hint about the partial-page rendering. I removed the
> a4j commonents and use now the partial-page rendering supported from
> trinidad. At that was the solution.
> If I put now the required=true attribute to my inputText it works as
> espected.
>
> Here my changed code, for those having a similar problem:
>
> <tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
>      label="#{messages['selection']}"
>      value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
>      required="true"
>      requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}"
>      autoSubmit="true" >
>          <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
> </tr:selectOneRadio>
>
> <tr:panelGroupLayout layout="horizontal" id="showCustomAttribute"
> partialTriggers="editForm:userAttributes" >
>      <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
>             label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
>             value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
>             rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
>             required="true" />
> </tr:panelGroupLayout>
>
> Thank you again
> Marco
>
> Adam Winer wrote:
> > The problem is in how Ajax4JSF handles partial-page rendering.  It skips
> > over the form component entirely, so the Trinidad RenderingContext does
> > not have a FormData object attached.
> >
> > Any Trinidad component that has client-side validation will result in the
> > same error.
> >
> > Trinidad implements partial-page rendering very differently, using
> > ResponseWriter
> > filtering to only render the necessary component.
> >
> > You'd have to move the appropriate a4j: component outside of the h:form
> > to get it working.
> >
> > -- Adam
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/1/07, Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have the problem that a required attribute throws a npe, but I can't
> >> figured out where the problem lies. I hope some can help me on this
> >> issue.
> >>
> >> I have a JSF page like followed:
> >>
> >>
> >> <f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
> >>          xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
> >>          xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
> >>          xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
> >>          xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
> >>          xmlns:a4j="https://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/ajax"
> >>          xmlns:tr="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad"
> >>          xmlns:trh="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad/html" >
> >>
> >>      <h:form id="editForm">
> >>
> >>        <tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
> >>                             label="#{messages['selection']}"
> >>                             value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
> >>                             required="true"
> >>
> >> requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}" >
> >>              <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
> >>              <a4j:support event="onclick" reRender="showCustomAttribute"
> >> />
> >>
> >>          </tr:selectOneRadio>
> >>          <a4j:outputPanel id="showCustomAttribute" >
> >>              <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
> >>                            label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
> >>                            value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
> >>                            rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
> >>                            required="true"
> >>                          />
> >>          </a4j:outputPanel>
> >>
> >>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..save}"
> >> value="#{messages['button.save']}" />
> >>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..cancel}"
> >> value="#{messages['button.cancel']}" immediate="true" />
> >>
> >>      </h:form>
> >>
> >> </f:view>
> >>
> >> The UserAttribute is a abstract class with 2 inheritances:
> >> BuildInAttribute and a CustomAttribute in which a text can added.
> >> If I left out the required="true" in my tr:inputText all works fine. If
> >> I define the attribute and I click on an instance of an new
> >> CustomAttribute I got the following StackTrace:
> >>
> >> 12:01:26,765 ERROR [SeamExceptionFilter] exception root cause
> >> java.lang.NullPointerException
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.EditableValueRenderer.addOnSubmitConverterValidators
> >>
> >> (EditableVal
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.SimpleInputTextRenderer.encodeAllAsElement
> >>
> >> (SimpleInputTextRender
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.FormElementRenderer.encodeAll
> >>
> >> (FormElementRenderer.java:69)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.delegateRenderer(
> >> CoreRenderer.java:297)
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.renderFieldCellContents
> >>
> >> (InputLabelA
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer._renderFieldCell
> >>
> >> (LabelAndMessageRenderer
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll
> >>
> >> (LabelAndMessageRenderer.java:2
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll
> >>
> >> (InputLabelAndMessageRende
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(
> >> CoreRenderer.java:184)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(
> >> UIXComponentBase.java:701)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java
> >>
> >> :249)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChildren(
> >> RendererBase.java:225)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.renderers.ajax.AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.encodeChildren(
> >> AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.java:74)
> >>          at
> >> javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java
> >> :527)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java
> >>
> >> :245)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:120)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> >> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxContainerRenderer.encodeAjax(
> >> AjaxContainerRenderer.java:126)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.encodeAjax(AjaxViewRoot.java:570)
> >>
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxContext.renderAjaxRegion(AjaxContext.java
> >> :301)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(
> >> AjaxViewHandler.java:249)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(
> >> RenderResponseExecutor.java:41)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:132)
> >>          at
> >> javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:140)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._invokeDoFilter
> >>
> >> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:210)
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._doFilterImpl
> >>
> >> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:167)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl.doFilter(
> >> TrinidadFilterImpl.java:140)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.TrinidadFilter.doFilter(
> >> TrinidadFilter.java:93)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(
> >> BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
> >>          at
> >> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java
> >> :213)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> >>          at
> >> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java
> >>
> >> :29)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> >>          at
> >> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(
> >> SeamExceptionFilter.java:43)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> >> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
> >>          at
> >> org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(
> >> ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
> >>          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.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(
> >> SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
> >>          at
> >> org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(
> >> JaccContextValve.java:74)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java
> >> :126)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java
> >> :105)
> >>          at
> >> org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(
> >> CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
> >>          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:869)
> >>
> >>          at
> >>
> >> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection
> >>
> >> (Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(
> >> PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
> >>          at
> >> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(
> >> MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
> >>          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
> >>
> >> All attribute in my class are initialized, so I don't think that the
> >> problem lies on the access of the text attribute in my CustomAttribute.
> >>
> >> Thanks for you help
> >> Marco
> >>
> >
>
>


-- 
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Re: Required attribute throws NullPointerException

Posted by Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de>.
Thank you Adam for your response.

The solution putting the a4j component outside the form wouldn't work 
for me, because I need both data (the selected item and the text) in my 
action.

But you gave me a hint about the partial-page rendering. I removed the 
a4j commonents and use now the partial-page rendering supported from 
trinidad. At that was the solution.
If I put now the required=true attribute to my inputText it works as 
espected.

Here my changed code, for those having a similar problem:

<tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
     label="#{messages['selection']}"
     value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
     required="true"
     requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}"
     autoSubmit="true" >
         <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
</tr:selectOneRadio>

<tr:panelGroupLayout layout="horizontal" id="showCustomAttribute" 
partialTriggers="editForm:userAttributes" >
     <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
            label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
            value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
            rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
            required="true" />
</tr:panelGroupLayout>

Thank you again
Marco

Adam Winer wrote:
> The problem is in how Ajax4JSF handles partial-page rendering.  It skips
> over the form component entirely, so the Trinidad RenderingContext does
> not have a FormData object attached.
> 
> Any Trinidad component that has client-side validation will result in the
> same error.
> 
> Trinidad implements partial-page rendering very differently, using
> ResponseWriter
> filtering to only render the necessary component.
> 
> You'd have to move the appropriate a4j: component outside of the h:form
> to get it working.
> 
> -- Adam
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/1/07, Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have the problem that a required attribute throws a npe, but I can't
>> figured out where the problem lies. I hope some can help me on this 
>> issue.
>>
>> I have a JSF page like followed:
>>
>>
>> <f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>>          xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
>>          xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
>>          xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
>>          xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
>>          xmlns:a4j="https://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/ajax"
>>          xmlns:tr="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad"
>>          xmlns:trh="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad/html" >
>>
>>      <h:form id="editForm">
>>
>>        <tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
>>                             label="#{messages['selection']}"
>>                             value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
>>                             required="true"
>>
>> requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}" >
>>              <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
>>              <a4j:support event="onclick" reRender="showCustomAttribute"
>> />
>>
>>          </tr:selectOneRadio>
>>          <a4j:outputPanel id="showCustomAttribute" >
>>              <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
>>                            label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
>>                            value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
>>                            rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
>>                            required="true"
>>                          />
>>          </a4j:outputPanel>
>>
>>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..save}"
>> value="#{messages['button.save']}" />
>>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..cancel}"
>> value="#{messages['button.cancel']}" immediate="true" />
>>
>>      </h:form>
>>
>> </f:view>
>>
>> The UserAttribute is a abstract class with 2 inheritances:
>> BuildInAttribute and a CustomAttribute in which a text can added.
>> If I left out the required="true" in my tr:inputText all works fine. If
>> I define the attribute and I click on an instance of an new
>> CustomAttribute I got the following StackTrace:
>>
>> 12:01:26,765 ERROR [SeamExceptionFilter] exception root cause
>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.EditableValueRenderer.addOnSubmitConverterValidators 
>>
>> (EditableVal
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.SimpleInputTextRenderer.encodeAllAsElement 
>>
>> (SimpleInputTextRender
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.FormElementRenderer.encodeAll 
>>
>> (FormElementRenderer.java:69)
>>          at
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.delegateRenderer(
>> CoreRenderer.java:297)
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.renderFieldCellContents 
>>
>> (InputLabelA
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer._renderFieldCell 
>>
>> (LabelAndMessageRenderer
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll 
>>
>> (LabelAndMessageRenderer.java:2
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll 
>>
>> (InputLabelAndMessageRende
>>          at
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(
>> CoreRenderer.java:184)
>>          at
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(
>> UIXComponentBase.java:701)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java 
>>
>> :249)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChildren(
>> RendererBase.java:225)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.renderers.ajax.AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.encodeChildren(
>> AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.java:74)
>>          at
>> javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java
>> :527)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java 
>>
>> :245)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:120)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
>> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxContainerRenderer.encodeAjax(
>> AjaxContainerRenderer.java:126)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.encodeAjax(AjaxViewRoot.java:570) 
>>
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxContext.renderAjaxRegion(AjaxContext.java
>> :301)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(
>> AjaxViewHandler.java:249)
>>          at
>> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(
>> RenderResponseExecutor.java:41)
>>          at
>> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:132)
>>          at 
>> javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:140)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._invokeDoFilter 
>>
>> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:210)
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._doFilterImpl 
>>
>> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:167)
>>          at
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl.doFilter(
>> TrinidadFilterImpl.java:140)
>>          at
>> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.TrinidadFilter.doFilter(
>> TrinidadFilter.java:93)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(
>> BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
>>          at
>> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java
>> :213)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>>          at
>> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java 
>>
>> :29)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>>          at
>> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(
>> SeamExceptionFilter.java:43)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
>> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>>          at
>> org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(
>> ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
>>          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.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(
>> SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
>>          at
>> org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(
>> JaccContextValve.java:74)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java
>> :126)
>>          at
>> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java
>> :105)
>>          at
>> org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(
>> CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
>>          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:869) 
>>
>>          at
>>
>> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection 
>>
>> (Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
>>          at
>> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(
>> PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
>>          at
>> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(
>> MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
>>          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
>>
>> All attribute in my class are initialized, so I don't think that the
>> problem lies on the access of the text attribute in my CustomAttribute.
>>
>> Thanks for you help
>> Marco
>>
> 


Re: Required attribute throws NullPointerException

Posted by Adam Winer <aw...@gmail.com>.
The problem is in how Ajax4JSF handles partial-page rendering.  It skips
over the form component entirely, so the Trinidad RenderingContext does
not have a FormData object attached.

Any Trinidad component that has client-side validation will result in the
same error.

Trinidad implements partial-page rendering very differently, using
ResponseWriter
filtering to only render the necessary component.

You'd have to move the appropriate a4j: component outside of the h:form
to get it working.

-- Adam



On 3/1/07, Marco Huber <mh...@project-team.de> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have the problem that a required attribute throws a npe, but I can't
> figured out where the problem lies. I hope some can help me on this issue.
>
> I have a JSF page like followed:
>
>
> <f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>          xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
>          xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
>          xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
>          xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
>          xmlns:a4j="https://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/ajax"
>          xmlns:tr="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad"
>          xmlns:trh="http://myfaces.apache.org/trinidad/html" >
>
>      <h:form id="editForm">
>
>        <tr:selectOneRadio id="userAttributes"
>                             label="#{messages['selection']}"
>                             value="#{editAction.userAttribute}"
>                             required="true"
>
> requiredMessageDetail="#{messages['userAttribute.required']}" >
>              <f:selectItems value="#{editAction.userAttributeList}"/>
>              <a4j:support event="onclick" reRender="showCustomAttribute"
> />
>
>          </tr:selectOneRadio>
>          <a4j:outputPanel id="showCustomAttribute" >
>              <tr:inputText id="customAttribute"
>                            label="#{messages['userAttribute.text']}"
>                            value="#{editAction.userAttribute.text}"
>                            rendered="#{editAction.userAttributeSelected}"
>                            required="true"
>                          />
>          </a4j:outputPanel>
>
>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..save}"
> value="#{messages['button.save']}" />
>          <h:commandButton action="#{editAction..cancel}"
> value="#{messages['button.cancel']}" immediate="true" />
>
>      </h:form>
>
> </f:view>
>
> The UserAttribute is a abstract class with 2 inheritances:
> BuildInAttribute and a CustomAttribute in which a text can added.
> If I left out the required="true" in my tr:inputText all works fine. If
> I define the attribute and I click on an instance of an new
> CustomAttribute I got the following StackTrace:
>
> 12:01:26,765 ERROR [SeamExceptionFilter] exception root cause
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.EditableValueRenderer.addOnSubmitConverterValidators
> (EditableVal
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.SimpleInputTextRenderer.encodeAllAsElement
> (SimpleInputTextRender
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.FormElementRenderer.encodeAll
> (FormElementRenderer.java:69)
>          at
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.delegateRenderer(
> CoreRenderer.java:297)
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.renderFieldCellContents
> (InputLabelA
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer._renderFieldCell
> (LabelAndMessageRenderer
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.LabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll
> (LabelAndMessageRenderer.java:2
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.renderkit.core.xhtml.InputLabelAndMessageRenderer.encodeAll
> (InputLabelAndMessageRende
>          at
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(
> CoreRenderer.java:184)
>          at
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(
> UIXComponentBase.java:701)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java
> :249)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChildren(
> RendererBase.java:225)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.renderers.ajax.AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.encodeChildren(
> AjaxOutputPanelRenderer.java:74)
>          at
> javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java
> :527)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java
> :245)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:120)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxChildrenRenderer.encodeAjaxChild(
> AjaxChildrenRenderer.java:111)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.renderer.AjaxContainerRenderer.encodeAjax(
> AjaxContainerRenderer.java:126)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewRoot.encodeAjax(AjaxViewRoot.java:570)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxContext.renderAjaxRegion(AjaxContext.java
> :301)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(
> AjaxViewHandler.java:249)
>          at
> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(
> RenderResponseExecutor.java:41)
>          at
> org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:132)
>          at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:140)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._invokeDoFilter
> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:210)
>          at
>
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl._doFilterImpl
> (TrinidadFilterImpl.java:167)
>          at
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.webapp.TrinidadFilterImpl.doFilter(
> TrinidadFilterImpl.java:140)
>          at
> org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.webapp.TrinidadFilter.doFilter(
> TrinidadFilter.java:93)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(
> BaseXMLFilter.java:75)
>          at
> org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java
> :213)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>          at
> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java
> :29)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>          at
> org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter.doFilter(
> SeamExceptionFilter.java:43)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(
> ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>          at
> org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(
> ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
>          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.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(
> SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
>          at
> org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(
> JaccContextValve.java:74)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java
> :126)
>          at
> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java
> :105)
>          at
> org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(
> CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
>          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:869)
>          at
>
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection
> (Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
>          at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(
> PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
>          at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(
> MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
>          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
>
> All attribute in my class are initialized, so I don't think that the
> problem lies on the access of the text attribute in my CustomAttribute.
>
> Thanks for you help
> Marco
>