IC85496: CLIENTS TRYING TO DELETE SAME PRINT JOB TWICE AND GETTING A NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION WHICH CAUSES AN INACTIVE SESSION.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Clients receives a NPE after a user deletes a print job and
  another user tries to delete the already deleted print job.
  This is causing inactive sessions.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: HATS 3270 Customers using print feature.     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:  User receives the following exception  *
  *                                                              *
  *                       servlet E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.serv *
  *                      let.ServletWrapper service SRVE0068E: E *
  *                      xception caught not created in one of t *
  *                      he service methods of the servlet appli *
  *                      cation in EntryServlet TELE-WEB3270. Ex *
  *                      ception created: java.lang.NullPointerE *
  *                      xception   at com.ibm.hats.runtime.Prin *
  *                      tJobManager.deletePrintJob (PrintJobMan *
  *                      ager.java)                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  When user is trying to delete the same print job from multiple b
  rowsers of the same session,  NullPointerException will be throw
  n and application will be disconnected
  

Problem conclusion

• Code was changed so that the NullPointerException will not be
  thrown even if the user is deleting the same print job from
  multiple browsers.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL HATS MULTI

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6700

Applicable component levels

• R750 PSY

     UP

• R751 PSY

     UP

• R800 PSY

     UP