RE: XML Import issue, and a NullPointerException...

I found my issue. Even though I was passing an empty element for domain
<domain/>, the blank value from that was not matching the NULL in the
database on the scarab_module table. Once I entered an empty string for
the domain, the import proceeded as expected. 

Any ideas why this difference, empty string instead of NULL, would
matter? 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kunkee,Nathan [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 5:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: XML Import issue, and a NullPointerException...

Hi all,

I'm trying to import a number of issues into an instance of Scarab B21.
(Running Tomcat 5.5.20, Java JDK 1.50._11, MySql 5.0.) I keep getting a
NullPointerException from ScarabIssues.java:566. 

In tracing the code, I found this function in RModuleIssueType.java:

    public static RModuleIssueType getInstance(String key)
        throws TorqueException
    {
        if (key == null) 
        {
            throw new NullPointerException(
                "Cannot request a RModuleIssueType using a null key.");
//EXCEPTION
        }
        int colonPos = key.indexOf(':');
        if (colonPos == -1) 
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "RModuleIssueType keys must be of the form N1:N2, not "
+ key); //EXCEPTION
        }
        // { module_id, issue_type_id } 
        SimpleKey[] keyArray = { new NumberKey(key.substring(1,
colonPos)), 
            new NumberKey(key.substring(colonPos+2, key.length()-1)) 
            };
        return getInstance(new ComboKey(keyArray));
    }

Am I missing something about Java, or is this a recursive function that
never queries the DB and never ends when given valid input?

Thank you,

Nathan Kunkee | System Engineer - Global Translations | Cerner
Corporation | Phone: 816.201.6427 | [email protected] |
http://www.cerner.com

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