PQ74375, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6 : NullPointerException from Session Manager
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Abstract
NULL POINTER EXCEPTION is thrown from session manager when using parallel portlet rendering.
 
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USERS AFFECTED:
WebSphere® Application Server developers of WebSphere Portal Server using Parallel Portlet Rendering feature.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
NullPointerException is thrown when using Parallel Portlet Rendering.
When using a portlet application consisting of multiple portlets which communicate to a portlet service, with Parallel Portlet Rendering enabled, the following error occurs:
java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ibm.servlet.engine.srt.SRTSessionAPISupport.getSession()

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
To prevent the NullPointerException, synchronize the session context access in getSession() for multiple threads that handle concurrent http requests.
 
Prerequisites
None
 
 
Installation Instructions
Please review the readme for detailed installation instructions
 
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Readme US English 2203
 
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PQ74375 6/5/2003 US English 1073087 FTP DD
 
Technical support
800-IBM-SERV (U.S. calls ONLY)
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Organizational Productivity- Portals & Collaboration WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms Not Applicable Platform Independent 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.3a, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.2, 4.2.1 All
Problems (APARS) fixed
PQ74375
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Sessions and Session Management
Operating system(s): HP-UX
Software version: 4.0.5
Software edition:
Reference #: 4004895
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jun 20, 2003