Various problems with "java.lang.Class" ---------------------------------------
Key: CXF-3613 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-3613 Project: CXF Issue Type: Bug Components: Aegis Databinding Affects Versions: 2.4.1 Reporter: Ancoron Luciferis Priority: Critical I just noted that the following exception is thrown when trying to create server for some service interface that contains some reference to "java.lang.Class". Consider a service interface like this: {code:java} package org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.java5; import java.io.Serializable; public class GenericsService { public <T extends Serializable> T createInstance(Class<T> type) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException { return type.newInstance(); } } {code} \\ The problem is, that during creation time it throws a NullPointerException like this: {noformat} java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanTypeInfo$1.compare(BeanTypeInfo.java:307) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanTypeInfo$1.compare(BeanTypeInfo.java:306) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1270) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1282) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1281) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1281) at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1210) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanTypeInfo.initializeProperties(BeanTypeInfo.java:305) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanTypeInfo.<init>(BeanTypeInfo.java:75) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.java5.AnnotatedTypeInfo.<init>(AnnotatedTypeInfo.java:41) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.java5.AnnotatedTypeInfo.<init>(AnnotatedTypeInfo.java:36) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.java5.Java5TypeCreator.createDefaultType(Java5TypeCreator.java:208) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.XMLTypeCreator.createDefaultType(XMLTypeCreator.java:398) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createTypeForClass(AbstractTypeCreator.java:135) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.getParameterType(AegisDatabinding.java:574) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initializeMessage(AegisDatabinding.java:315) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initializeOperation(AegisDatabinding.java:273) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initialize(AegisDatabinding.java:239) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.AbstractServiceFactoryBean.initializeDataBindings(AbstractServiceFactoryBean.java:86) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.buildServiceFromClass(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:438) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.initializeServiceModel(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:501) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.create(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:241) at org.apache.cxf.frontend.AbstractWSDLBasedEndpointFactory.createEndpoint(AbstractWSDLBasedEndpointFactory.java:101) at org.apache.cxf.frontend.ServerFactoryBean.create(ServerFactoryBean.java:157) at org.apache.cxf.dosgi.dsw.handlers.HttpServiceConfigurationTypeHandler.createServer(HttpServiceConfigurationTypeHandler.java:169) at org.apache.cxf.dosgi.dsw.service.RemoteServiceAdminCore.exportService(RemoteServiceAdminCore.java:245) at org.apache.cxf.dosgi.dsw.service.RemoteServiceAdminInstance$1.run(RemoteServiceAdminInstance.java:78) at org.apache.cxf.dosgi.dsw.service.RemoteServiceAdminInstance$1.run(RemoteServiceAdminInstance.java:71) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.apache.cxf.dosgi.dsw.service.RemoteServiceAdminInstance.exportService(RemoteServiceAdminInstance.java:71) at org.apache.cxf.dosgi.dsw.service.RemoteServiceAdminInstance.exportService(RemoteServiceAdminInstance.java:40) at org.apache.cxf.dosgi.topologymanager.TopologyManager$2.run(TopologyManager.java:259) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) {noformat} The cause for this is that the "{{org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils#getPropertyDescriptor}}" method returns "{{null}}" for the property "{{classLoader}}". However, this is not a real problem, so as a test I just modified the "{{org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanTypeInfo#initializeProperties}}" method to omit any {{PropertyDescriptor}} that is {{null}}. So far so good, but immediately afterwards, I get the next error: {noformat} java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.reflect.Array.newArray(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(Array.java:52) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.TypeUtil.getTypeRelatedClass(TypeUtil.java:261) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createTypeForClass(AbstractTypeCreator.java:108) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createType(AbstractTypeCreator.java:395) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanTypeInfo.getType(BeanTypeInfo.java:196) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.basic.BeanType.getDependencies(BeanType.java:532) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.addDependencies(AegisDatabinding.java:394) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initializeMessage(AegisDatabinding.java:370) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initializeOperation(AegisDatabinding.java:273) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.databinding.AegisDatabinding.initialize(AegisDatabinding.java:239) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.AbstractServiceFactoryBean.initializeDataBindings(AbstractServiceFactoryBean.java:86) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.buildServiceFromClass(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:438) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.initializeServiceModel(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:501) at org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.create(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:241) at org.apache.cxf.frontend.AbstractWSDLBasedEndpointFactory.createEndpoint(AbstractWSDLBasedEndpointFactory.java:101) at org.apache.cxf.frontend.ServerFactoryBean.create(ServerFactoryBean.java:157) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.AbstractAegisTest.createService(AbstractAegisTest.java:151) at org.apache.cxf.aegis.type.java5.GenericsTypeTest.testCreateService(GenericsTypeTest.java:85) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:44) at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15) at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:41) at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:20) at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:28) at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:31) at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runNotIgnored(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:79) at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:71) at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:49) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:193) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:52) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:191) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:42) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:184) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:236) at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4TestSet.execute(JUnit4TestSet.java:53) at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:119) at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:101) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory$ClassLoaderProxy.invoke(ProviderFactory.java:103) at $Proxy0.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireStarter.invokeProvider(SurefireStarter.java:150) at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireStarter.runSuitesInProcess(SurefireStarter.java:91) at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:69) {noformat} \\ This one is for the property "{{java.lang.Class#enumConstants}}" and I guess there are even more errors coming. What I had in ming was to substitute "java.lang.Class" with "java.lang.String" on-the-fly, so that there is an automatic default handling, e.g.: * {{public <T extends Serializable> T createInstance(Class<T> type)}} will become something like {{public Serializable createInstance(String type)}} * {{public Class getType(Serializable obj)}} will become something like {{public String getType(Serializable obj)}} ...so that CXF internally does something like "{{ClassLoaderUtils.loadClass(type, refClass);}}" and "{{type.getName()}}" for the other way around. What do you think? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira