Group Client IP Returns a Null Pointer Exception when there is a Property with a Null Value (Doc ID 2540997.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

On :  3.19.1.0.1 version, Integration Points

When the payload for the group client IP has a property with a null value, the IP answers with a null pointer exception.

ERROR
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"GEN-PROC-ERR: An error occurred in processing the request; for more information about the error search the logging for occurrences of "java.lang.NullPointerException"",
          "o:errorPath": "$"



STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
PUT the following payload to the group client IP

{
   "code": "120",
   "displayName": "TNYDEVELOPMENTINC",
   "descr": "TNYDEVELOPMENTINC",
   "macRep": "JohnDoe",
   "billingEntity": "<company>",
   "employerOrganizationCode": "12",
   "employerOrganization": null,
   "groupAccountList": [
       {
           "code": "116",
           "displayName": "test1",
           "descr": "test1",
           "billingEntity": "<company>",
           "startDate": "2019-04-17",
           "groupAccountTimePeriodList": [
               {
                   "endDate": "2022-12-31",
                   "displayName": "2022-01-01:2022-12-31",
                   "startDate": "2022-01-01",
                   "subtype": "GATP"
               }
           ]
       }
   ]
}

Response:
{
   "o:errorDetails": [
       {
           "o:errorCode": "GEN-PROC-ERR",
           "title": "GEN-PROC-ERR: An error occurred in processing the request; for more information about the error search the logging for occurrences of "java.lang.NullPointerException"",
           "o:errorPath": "$"
       }
   ]
}

Now, move the "employerOrganization" property  to after the "groupAccountTimePeriodList" property.
It should work.

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