SendMsgCmd fails with null pointer exception Technote
(FAQ)When calling the SendMsgCmd it fails with an error similar to the one below:
[10/16/06 10:29:30:027 EDT] 1c9c5da CommerceSrvr E com.ibm.commerce.command.ECCommandTarget executeCommand CMN0420E: The following CommandException occurred during processing: "java.lang.NullPointerException".java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.ibm.ejs.persistence.RemoteEnumeratorImpl.nextNElements(RemoteEnumeratorImpl.java:91)
at com.ibm.ejs.persistence.PortableFinderEnumerator.fetchElements(PortableFinderEnumerator.java:375)
at com.ibm.ejs.persistence.PortableFinderEnumerator.hasMoreElementsR(PortableFinderEnumerator.java:179)
at com.ibm.ejs.persistence.PortableFinderEnumerator.hasMoreElements(PortableFinderEnumerator.java:140)
at com.ibm.ejs.persistence.PortableFinderEnumeration.hasMoreElements(PortableFinderEnumeration.java:80)
at com.ibm.ivj.ejb.runtime.AccessBeanEnumeration.hasMoreElements(AccessBeanEnumeration.java:56)
at com.ibm.commerce.messaging.util.RunTimeProfile.getCSForProfile(RunTimeProfile.java:79)
at com.ibm.commerce.messaging.outboundservice.Messaging.loadAdminData(Messaging.java:3140)
at com.ibm.commerce.messaging.outboundservice.Messaging._init(Messaging.java:395)
at com.ibm.commerce.messaging.outboundservice.Messaging.<init>(Messaging.java:245)
at com.ibm.commerce.messaging.outboundservice.Messaging.<init>(Messaging.java:186)
at com.ibm.commerce.messaging.commands.SendMsgCmdImpl.performExecute(SendMsgCmdImpl.java:313)Cause This error occurs due to custom code that commits the TransactionManager and does not start a new transaction.
Answer
Ensure that you intend to commit the transaction. If you do not, removal of the commit should resolve the error. If you cannot remove it, then starting a new transaction immediately after the commit should also resolve the error.
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