JR55544: YOU RECEIVE A NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION WHEN INVOKING THE BUSINESS FLOW MANAGER API IN A LAZY PARSING SCENARIO

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Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2016.09

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• You receive the following NullPointerException when the Business
  Flow Manager API is invoked and the SCA message that is passed
  uses lazy parsing and was deserialized earlier in the overall
  application flow.com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.java.handler.
  .
  [12/3/15 10:48:20:708 BRST] 000018b7 LocalExceptio E
  CNTR0020E: EJB threw an unexpected (non-declared) exception
  during invocation of method
   "transactionRequiredActivitySessionNotSupported" on bean
  "BeanId(BPEContainer_node01_server1#b.jar#Module, null)".
  Exception
  data: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  com.ibm.bpe.util.SCAHelper.extractKeyElementValue(SCAHelper.java
  :101)
   at
  com.ibm.bpe.framework.BFMIFLazyAware.invoke(BFMIFLazyAware.java:
  181)
   at
  com.ibm.bpe.framework.BFMIFWrapper.invoke(BFMIFWrapper.java:62)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.java.handler.JavaImplementationHandler.i
  nvokeSyncDIILazyAware(JavaImplementationHandler.java:417)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.java.handler.JavaImplementationHandler.p
  rocessMessage(JavaImplementationHandler.java:191)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.message.impl.MessageDispatcherImpl.proce
  ssMessageWithPCI(MessageDispatcherImpl.java:774)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.message.impl.MessageDispatcherImpl.proce
  ssMessage(MessageDispatcherImpl.java:1626)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.message.impl.ManagedMessageImpl.process(
  ManagedMessageImpl.java:999)
  ...
  
  JavaImplementationHandler#006 Exception:
  java.lang.NullPointerException
   at com.ibm.bpe.util.SCAHelper.extractKeyElementValue(SCAHelper.
    java:101)
   at com.ibm.bpe.framework.BFMIFLazyAware.invoke(BFMIFLazyAware.
    java:181)
   at com.ibm.bpe.framework.BFMIFWrapper.invoke(BFMIFWrapper.
    java:62)
   at com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.java.handler.
    JavaImplementationHandler.invokeSyncDIILazyAware
    (JavaImplementationHandler.java:41)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The Business Flow Manager API of the Business Process Manager
  Advanced product can cause a NullPointerException, depending on
  the model of the application that invokes the Business Flow
  Manager API and on the parsing style used (lazy parsing versus
  eager parsing).
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix preventing the NullPointerException will be included in a
  later IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix.
  
  To determine whether the cumulative fix is available and
  download it if it is, complete the following steps on Fix
  Central:
  
  1. On the Select product tab, select WebSphere as the product
    group, IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from the
    WebSphere options, All as the installed version, and All as
    the platform, and then click Continue.
  
  2. In the Text field, enter "cumulative fix?, and click
    Continue.
  

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

  BPM ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels