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blamoreaux Novice
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Nov 4, 2009 2:45 PM

NullPointerException when adding plugin

I'm trying to install a very simple widget and I'm getting

 

 

ERROR admin.AvailablePluginsAction - java.lang.NullPointerException
com.jivesoftware.base.plugin.PluginException: java.lang.NullPointerException
Tags: plugin, widget, error
kevin.imber Jive Employee
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Nov 4, 2009 3:20 PM in response to: blamoreaux
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

Hi,

 

Would you send me the plugin code, so that I can try to replicate the issue you're having?  Also, would you give me the steps you take to reproduce the issue?  Were you just installing the plugin in the Admin Console, and this came up right in the middle of the process?  Also, what version of clearspace/SBS are you running?

 

Thanks,

Kevin

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Nov 4, 2009 4:32 PM in response to: Kevin Imber
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

This happened right after clicking "upload" plugin on the admin console.

 

The version is Jive SBS 4.0 revision 96352

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blamoreaux Novice
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Nov 9, 2009 10:52 AM in response to: Kevin Imber
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

Any updates on this?

kevin.imber Jive Employee
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Nov 12, 2009 8:26 AM in response to: blamoreaux
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

Hello,

 

I was looking into this, and I think I'm getting some noise in the information that I'm getting.  Would you try this again, and afterwards send me your logs?

 

Thanks,

Kevin

anthony Jive Employee
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Nov 13, 2009 3:34 PM in response to: Kevin Imber
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

Brig,

 

This jar doesn't really look packaged correctly. Almost looks like 3.0 plugin, launching on 4.0. I would take your source and deploy inside the plugin hierarchy that we built using the 4.0 commands.

 

Anthony

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Nov 25, 2009 6:39 AM in response to: Anthony Dotson
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

That's what the issue was. Thanks.

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Nov 20, 2009 6:27 AM in response to: Kevin Imber
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

Hi,

I had the same error while uploading sharepoint plugin connector "spintegration.jar" into SBS 4.0,

i tried with a custom plugin, and had the same !!

 

Any issue for this please.

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Nov 23, 2009 1:31 AM in response to: Chris Daniel
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

I've experienced the same problem when I tried to deploy the Custom Authentication (http://www.jivesoftware.com/builds/docs/jive_sbs/4.0/index.jsp?topic=/com.jivesoftware.help.sbs.online_4.0.0/developer/ExampleAuthenticationandAuthorization.html)-plugin through the admin-console on a Jive SBS 4.0 instance.

kevin.imber Jive Employee
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Nov 25, 2009 12:58 AM in response to: marlowe
Re: NullPointerException when adding plugin

Hey guys,

 

I've seen this problem come up a few other times as well.  It seems the problem comes from dealing with the xml from the old plugins.  Try these steps:

 

   1. Create a plugin directory using the following document: Maven: How To Create a New Maven Project
   2. Copy your JAVA source, spring.xml file and your plugin.xml into the directory structure that you have built using the above mvn command
   3. Redeploy the plugin

 

Let me know how that works for you, and if you have any other questions.

 

Thanks,

Kevin

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