NullPointerException When Wrapping a Dynamic Table Component Into a panelCollection

(Doc ID 1361329.1)

Last updated on MARCH 08, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle JDeveloper - Version: 11.1.2.0.0 and later   [Release: Oracle11g and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms


You are trying to use ADF Faces Dynamic Table components (dynamic:table) together with an af:panelCollection:
...
<af:document title="dynamicTable-panelCollection.jspx" id="d1">
    <af:messages id="m1"/>
    <af:form id="f1">
        <af:panelCollection id="pc1">
            <f:facet name="menus"/>
            <f:facet name="toolbar"/>
            <f:facet name="statusbar"/>
            <dynamic:table value="#{bindings.TestTableDataTypeIterator}" id="t2"/>
...

If you wrap the dynamic table in a panelCollection, you get a NullPointerException when running the page:
...
<LifecycleImpl>
<_handleException> ADF_FACES-60098:Faces lifecycle receives unhandled exceptions in phase RENDER_RESPONSE 6
java.lang.NullPointerException
  at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelCollectionRenderer$PanelCollectionHelper._isTopBarShown(PanelCollectionRenderer.java:1391)
  at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelCollectionRenderer$PanelCollectionHelper._createCompositeComponents(PanelCollectionRenderer.java:1339)
  at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelCollectionRenderer$PanelCollectionHelper.<init>(PanelCollectionRenderer.java:671)
  at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelCollectionRenderer$PanelCollectionHelper.<init>(PanelCollectionRenderer.java:616)
  at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelCollectionRenderer.encodeAll(PanelCollectionRenderer.java:445)
  at oracle.adf.view.rich.render.RichRenderer.encodeAll(RichRenderer.java:1452)
  at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:493)
  at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:913)
  at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1659)
...


There is no problem when using a standard ADF Faces Table component wrapped in a panelCollection:...
<af:panelCollection id="pc1">
    <f:facet name="menus"/>
    <f:facet name="toolbar"/>
    <f:facet name="statusbar"/>
    <af:table value="#{bindings.TestTableDataType.collectionModel}" var="row"
        ... id="t1">
        <af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.TestTableDataType.hints.FirstName.name}" filterable="true"
            ... id="c1">
            <af:outputText value="#{row.FirstName}" id="ot1"/>
        </af:column>
...


Same when the page contains an ADF Faces Dynamic Table component without panelCollection:
...
<af:document title="test2-dyntable.jspx" id="d1">
    <af:messages id="m1"/>
    <af:form id="f1">
        <dynamic:table value="#{bindings.TestTableDataTypeIterator}" id="t2"/>
...

Cause

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