PQ93169: NPE when invoking a Transformer Service from an FDML process

APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
We have an FDML process which invokes a Transformer Service.
The processfails on the invocation of that Service when we run
the  process on a v5.0 server in WSADIE v5.1.1.  The process
executes without an  error when run on a v5.1.1 server.  Also,
the transformer service can be  invokedwhen I create a proxy
for it and run the proxy as a Java  Application in WSADIE.
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: Users invoking a service from an FDML        *
*                 process in process choreographer.            *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When invoking a service, WebSphere      *
*                      Process Choreographer uses the Web      *
*                      Service Invocation Framework (WSIF).    *
*                                                              *
*                         To pass information about the        *
*                      fault handling to WSIF, the execution   *
*                      context of the service is used.         *
*                                                              *
*                         Sometimes the context is null,       *
*                      which causes the NullPointerException.  *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Invoking a service from an FDML process can cause an
NullPointerException.
   The stack trace looks similar to the following:

   com.ibm.bpe.invocation.InvocationException: BPEP0204E:
Exception java.lang.NullPointerException occurred during
implementation invocation in
'com.ibm.bpe.invocation.WSDL2InvocationPlugin'.
   java.lang.NullPointerException
Problem conclusion
This fix adds a test to detect if the context of a service is
null, and if necessary, it will create a context.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ93169
Reported component name WAS ENTERPRISE
Reported component ID 5630A3700
Reported release 00W
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2004-08-23
Closed date 2004-08-30
Last modified date 2004-08-30

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Applicable component levels
R003 PSY    UP
R00A PSY    UP
R00H PSY    UP
R00I PSY    UP
R00S PSY    UP
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Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Enterprise Edition (EE)
Operating system(s):
Software version: 00W
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ93169
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Aug 30, 2004