[ grinder-Bugs-3525156 ] Null pointer exeception when posting multipart form data

Bugs item #3525156, was opened at 2012-05-09 09:17
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Category: HTTP Plugin
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Ouray Viney (oviney)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Null pointer exeception when posting multipart form data

Initial Comment:
Upgraded my Grinder 3.4 to 3.8 and got the following exception:


2012-05-09 11:22:56,663 ERROR lingrndctl-0 thread-15 [ run-0 ]: Aborted run: Java exception calling TestRunner
net.grinder.scriptengine.jython.JythonScriptExecutionException: Java exception calling TestRunner
        result = getCommRateRequest.POST(self.URI, self.getCommRateXMLPayload,
        File "/opt/home/testusr1/est/bdt1.1/bin/./lingrndctl-file-store/current/ca/innovapost/test/scenarios/tpoGetCommRate.py", line 108, in getCommRate
        getCommRateResponse = self.getCommRate()
        File "/opt/home/testusr1/est/bdt1.1/bin/./lingrndctl-file-store/current/ca/innovapost/test/scenarios/tpoGetCommRate.py", line 124, in __call__
        self.testRunner()
        File "/opt/home/testusr1/est/bdt1.1/bin/./lingrndctl-file-store/current/ca/innovapost/test/resources/../scenarios/tpoPerformanceScenario1x.py", line 111, in __call__
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
        at net.grinder.plugin.http.HTTPRequest.mergeArrays(HTTPRequest.java:184) ~[grinder-http-3.8.jar:na]
        at net.grinder.plugin.http.HTTPRequest.mergeHeaders(HTTPRequest.java:197) ~[grinder-http-3.8.jar:na]
        at net.grinder.plugin.http.HTTPRequest.access$000(HTTPRequest.java:99) ~[grinder-http-3.8.jar:na]
        at net.grinder.plugin.http.HTTPRequest$AbstractRequest.<init>(HTTPRequest.java:1181) ~[grinder-http-3.8.jar:na]
        at net.grinder.plugin.http.HTTPRequest$8.<init>(HTTPRequest.java:902) ~[grinder-http-3.8.jar:na]
        at net.grinder.plugin.http.HTTPRequest.POST(HTTPRequest.java:902) ~[grinder-http-3.8.jar:na]
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor47.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.6.0_13]
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.6.0_13]
        at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java:186) ~[jython.jar:na]
        at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java:204) ~[jython.jar:na]
        at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java:441) ~[jython.jar:na]
        at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java:447) ~[jython.jar:na]
        at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(PyMethod.java:154) ~[jython.jar:na]

This problem was fixed in the past - here is the original post http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.grinder.user/8086

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