I recently added a DateConverter to my project (Struts 2.0.6, Maven 2) and now I'm getting NPEs when running tests.
xwork-conversion.properties: java.util.Date=org.appfuse.webapp.action.DateConverter DateConverter.java: public class DateConverter extends StrutsTypeConverter { public Object convertFromString(Map ctx, String[] value, Class arg2) { if (value[0] == null || value[0].trim().equals("")) { return null; } try { return DateUtil.convertStringToDate(value[0]); } catch (ParseException pe) { pe.printStackTrace(); throw new TypeConversionException(pe.getMessage()); } } public String convertToString(Map ctx, Object data) { return DateUtil.convertDateToString((Date) data); } } My test's setUp() method: @Override protected void onSetUpBeforeTransaction() throws Exception { LocalizedTextUtil.addDefaultResourceBundle(Constants.BUNDLE_KEY); ActionContext.getContext().setSession(new HashMap()); // change the port on the mailSender so it doesn't conflict with an // existing SMTP server on localhost JavaMailSenderImpl mailSender = (JavaMailSenderImpl) applicationContext.getBean("mailSender"); mailSender.setPort(2525); mailSender.setHost("localhost"); // populate the request so getRequest().getSession() doesn't fail in BaseAction.java ServletActionContext.setRequest(new MockHttpServletRequest()); } Stack trace: ERROR [main] XWorkConverter.loadConversionProperties(645) | Conversion registration error java.lang.NullPointerException at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.XWorkConverter.createTypeConverter(XWorkConverter.java:621) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.XWorkConverter.loadConversionProperties(XWorkConverter.java:639) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.XWorkConverter.<init>(XWorkConverter.java:176) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.AnnotationXWorkConverter.<init>(AnnotationXWorkConverter.java:98) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:350) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:303) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.XWorkConverter.getInstance(XWorkConverter.java:202) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.XWorkMapPropertyAccessor.<clinit>(XWorkMapPropertyAccessor.java:30) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.OgnlValueStack.reset(OgnlValueStack.java:47) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.OgnlValueStack.<clinit>(OgnlValueStack.java:37) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.OgnlValueStackFactory.createValueStack(OgnlValueStackFactory.java:14) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext$ActionContextThreadLocal.initialValue(ActionContext.java:329) at java.lang.ThreadLocal$ThreadLocalMap.getAfterMiss(ThreadLocal.java:374) at java.lang.ThreadLocal$ThreadLocalMap.get(ThreadLocal.java:347) at java.lang.ThreadLocal$ThreadLocalMap.access$000(ThreadLocal.java:225) at java.lang.ThreadLocal.get(ThreadLocal.java:127) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext.getContext(ActionContext.java:151) at org.appfuse.webapp.action.BaseActionTestCase.onSetUpBeforeTransaction(BaseActionTestCase.java:35) Is there something I can do to manually register the Converters when testing (with JUnit 3.8.2)? Thanks, Matt -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Testing-error-after-adding-DateConverter-tf3868021.html#a10958599 Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]