NPE in running custom masthead on CE7.3 Portal

[Amey-Mogare]

Hello,

I have modified classic masthead component of CE7.3 Portal and I get following NullPointerException when I preview the iView: -

I found one unanswered thread on SCN with similar issue  that says this error is due to incorrectly set user properties on portal.

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1951325

Is it the case? which property that I need to look for?

Just want to add that I downloaded "com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead" file from Portal server and I found masthead_core.jar file in it. But masthead_api.jar file is not present in this folder or not in war file.

08:13_15/05/13_0006_5644050
[EXCEPTION]
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:394)
at com.sapportals.portal.prt.pom.AbstractNode.putValue(AbstractNode.java:630)
at com.sapportals.portal.navigation.HeaderiView.doContent(HeaderiView.java:137)
at com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.AbstractPortalComponent.serviceDeprecated(AbstractPortalComponent.java:213)
at com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.AbstractPortalComponent.service(AbstractPortalComponent.java:129)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.RequestDispatcherFactory$PortalComponentRequestDispatcher$5.service(RequestDispatcherFactory.java:308)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.deploy.impl.module.IRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(IRequestDispatcherImpl.java:270)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.RequestDispatcherFactory$PortalComponentRequestDispatcher.service(RequestDispatcherFactory.java:298)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.callPortalComponent(PortalRequestManager.java:229)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:107)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:141)
at com.sap.portal.prt.component.PortalComponentResponse.include(PortalComponentResponse.java:206)
at com.sap.portal.prt.pom.PortalNode.service(PortalNode.java:588)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.callPortalComponent(PortalRequestManager.java:233)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:107)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:141)
at com.sap.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.runRequestCycle(PortalRequestManager.java:520)
at com.sapportals.portal.prt.connection.ServletConnection.handleRequest(ServletConnection.java:201)
at com.sap.portal.prt.dispatcher.DispatcherServlet.service(DispatcherServlet.java:132)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.runtime.FilterChainImpl.runServlet(FilterChainImpl.java:202)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.runtime.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:103)
at com.sap.portal.http.EnrichNavRequestFilter.doFilter(EnrichNavRequestFilter.java:49)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.runtime.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:79)
at com.sap.portal.http.EnrichNavRequestFilter.doFilter(EnrichNavRequestFilter.java:49)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.runtime.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:79)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.runServlet(HttpHandlerImpl.java:432)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.handleRequest(HttpHandlerImpl.java:210)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:441)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:430)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.DSRWebContainerFilter.process(DSRWebContainerFilter.java:38)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.ServletSelector.process(ServletSelector.java:81)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.ApplicationSelector.process(ApplicationSelector.java:276)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.WebContainerInvoker.process(WebContainerInvoker.java:81)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.HostFilter.process(HostFilter.java:9)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.ResponseLogWriter.process(ResponseLogWriter.java:60)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.HostFilter.process(HostFilter.java:9)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.DefineHostFilter.process(DefineHostFilter.java:27)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.MonitoringFilter.process(MonitoringFilter.java:29)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.SessionSizeFilter.process(SessionSizeFilter.java:26)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.MemoryStatisticFilter.process(MemoryStatisticFilter.java:57)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.DSRHttpFilter.process(DSRHttpFilter.java:43)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Processor.chainedRequest(Processor.java:475)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Processor$FCAProcessorThread.process(Processor.java:269)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.rcm.RequestProcessorThread.run(RequestProcessorThread.java:56)
at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:122)
at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:101)
at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:328)

Thanks & Regards,

Amey Mogare

[former_member189631 · Accepted solution]

Amey,

If the issue is only for a particular user/user group and works for rest of the users, it could be the user attribute/permission related issue.

Please check if you have missed to add any jar files. You can find the jars files under lib folder of com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead.par just extract the par into your local machine and locate the jars.

Thanks.

Ram

[Amey-Mogare · Accepted solution]

Hello Ram,

Issue is for all users. So I guess its not related to any user attribute/permission. Thanks for clarifying this.

And when I download "com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead.war" from server, I can only find "com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead_core.jar" inside it. But not "com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead_api.jar"

This is quite strange, right?

[Amey-Mogare · Accepted solution]

We dont need "com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead_api.jar". Only "com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead_core.jar" is sufficient.

[former_member214858 · Accepted solution]

Hello Amey,

We are also facing the exact issue. Appreciate if you could let me know the resoution. Please note that we have the "com.sap.portal.navigation.masthead_core.jar" file copied into private/lib folder.

Best Regards

Srini