Datatype in Target of ODI 12c Reusable Mapping Showing as Undefined after Drag and Drop from Source and Resulting in "java.lang.NullPointerException" (Doc ID 2339396.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 17, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

Drag and drop of an additional column of a customized data type from source to target within an Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 12c reusable mapping and saving the changes accordingly results in the following error within the message window:

oracle.odi.mapping
WARNING: java.lang.NullPointerException

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.odi.window.node.AbsOdiNavTreeNode.updateEntity(AbsOdiNavTreeNode.java:518)
at oracle.odi.window.node.OdiNavTreeNode.initializeSdkEntityForEdit(OdiNavTreeNode.java:1203)
at oracle.odi.window.node.MappingFactory.createLogicalEditorChild(MappingFactory.java:318)
at oracle.odi.ui.mapping.logical.diagram.LogicalEditor.openImpl(LogicalEditor.java:70)
at oracle.ide.editor.AsynchronousEditor.open(AsynchronousEditor.java:158)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.editor.EditorState.openEditor(EditorState.java:318)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.editor.SplitPane.doLayout(SplitPane.java:579)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.NbEditorManager.whenCurrentEditorChanges(NbEditorManager.java:1637)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.editor.TabGroup.whenCurrentEditorChanges(TabGroup.java:1026)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.editor.TabGroup.setCurrentTabGroupState(TabGroup.java:847)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.editor.TabGroup.addTabGroupState(TabGroup.java:129)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.NbEditorManager.createEditor(NbEditorManager.java:556)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.NbEditorManager.createEditor(NbEditorManager.java:533)
at com.oracle.jdeveloper.nbwindowsystem.NbEditorManager.openEditor(NbEditorManager.java:401)
at oracle.ideimpl.navigator.OpenEditorController.whenOpenEditor(OpenEditorController.java:55)
at oracle.ideimpl.navigator.OpenEditorContextMenuListener.handleDefaultAction(OpenEditorContextMenuListener.java:52)
at oracle.ide.controller.ContextMenuListenersHook$LazyContextMenuListener.handleDefaultAction(ContextMenuListenersHook.java:234)
at oracle.ide.controller.ContextMenu.fireDefaultAction(ContextMenu.java:480)
at oracle.ideimpl.explorer.BaseTreeExplorer.fireDefaultAction(BaseTreeExplorer.java:1852)
at oracle.ideimpl.explorer.BaseTreeExplorer.dblClicked(BaseTreeExplorer.java:2210)
at oracle.ideimpl.explorer.BaseTreeExplorer.mouseReleased(BaseTreeExplorer.java:2239)
at oracle.ideimpl.explorer.CustomTree.processMouseEvent(CustomTree.java:213)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6300)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4891)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4713)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4525)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2750)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4713)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
at oracle.javatools.internal.ui.EventQueueWrapper._dispatchEvent(EventQueueWrapper.java:169)
at oracle.javatools.internal.ui.EventQueueWrapper.dispatchEvent(EventQueueWrapper.java:151)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

Subsequently, any parent mapping with reference to this resuable mapping is also affected when opened. Both the reusable mapping and the parent mappings are now corrupted.

Changes

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