'java.lang.NullPointerException' When Testing The Connection To An ODI Version 11.1.1.5 LDAP Driver Data Server (Doc ID 1468643.1)

Last updated on JUNE 17, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to test the connection to an LDAP Data Server using Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) version 11.1.1.5 LDAP Driver with the following parameters:

• Definition tab:
  

  User:      CN=,...
  Password:  <EMPTY FIELD>

• JDBC tab:
  

  JDBC driver:  com.sunopsis.ldap.jdbc.driver.SnpsLdapDriver
  JDBC URL:     jdbc:snps:ldap?ldap_url=ldap://<SERVER NAME>:<PORT>/&ldap_password=<PASSWORD>&ldap_basedn=...

The following message is signaled:

java.lang.NullPointerException
 at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
 at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
 at com.sunopsis.tools.core.SnpsConnectionHelper.getDriver(SnpsConnectionHelper.java:46)
 at com.sunopsis.ldap.jdbc.driver.SnpsLdapRDBSchema.<init>(SnpsLdapRDBSchema.java:234)
 at com.sunopsis.ldap.jdbc.driver.SnpsLdapConnection.<init>(SnpsLdapConnection.java:116)
 at com.sunopsis.ldap.jdbc.driver.SnpsLdapDriver.connect(SnpsLdapDriver.java:92)
 at oracle.odi.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriver(D

Changes

Cause

My Oracle Support provides customers with access to over a million knowledge articles and a vibrant support community of peers and Oracle experts.