SA-6734

Summary

NullPointerException in copyObject() method in CompiledProcessBase has an underlying NonSerializableException.

Developer suggests change in this method to throw back original exception without eating the underlying cause. Right now, writeObject in copyObject() is throwing NonSerializableException

Error Messages

Nullpointer Exception

Steps to Reproduce

Any workflow file will have below line for serializing the context variable:

if(mto != null) {
ctxMap.put("mto",(com.gcg.cdf.framework.messaging.objects.MessageTransferObject)copyObject(mto));

If mto here is not implementing Serializable, copyObject() is throwing NullPointerException which are see in console and process canceled screen.

Root Cause

NullPointerException in copyObject method of CompiledProcessBase class has an underlying NonSerializableException. Here, writeObject method throws NonSerializableException (if the context variable passed in Compiled workflow does not implement Serializable). This further becomes NullpointerException because of the object is being null. NullPointerException is seen in the server console and process screen.

Resolution

HFix-904 has been provided which address the above issue by adding null checks, try-catch block and LogHelper.error statements in copyObject method of CompiledProcessBase class.