PK02611: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION WHEN SECURITY USES ADDPARAMETER IN SRTSERVLETREQUEST

APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
NullPointerException thrown when addParameters is called before
parsing parameters. In this case, _parameters is null because
parsing parameter has not done yet.
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: All WebSphere Application Server users       *
*                 making use of servlets and JSPs.             *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Not all HTTP request parameters are     *
*                      returned if some of the parameters      *
*                      have the same key.                      *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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The servlet engine filters out duplicated parameters which
breaks the old behaviour.
Problem conclusion
The servlet engine has been corrected and old behaviour is
restored.

This fix has been superceded by 
PK05760 - please see 
PK05760
for final resolution.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PK02611
Reported component name WAS BASE 5.0
Reported component ID 5630A3600
Reported release 10W
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2005-03-16
Closed date 2005-06-22
Last modified date 2005-06-22

APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros
SERVLET          

Publications Referenced

Fix information
Fixed component name WAS BASE 5.0
Fixed component ID 5630A3600

Applicable component levels
R003 PSY    UP
R00A PSY    UP
R00H PSY    UP
R00I PSY    UP
R00P PSY    UP
R00S PSY    UP
R00W PSY    UP


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 10W
Software edition:
Reference #: PK02611
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jun 22, 2005