KB-1559 "java.lang.NullPointerException" error when deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Jordan Horwat — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:45:04 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 7/23/2018 12:45:04 PM

Symptoms

After following Appian documentation on configuring WebLogic, the deployment of suite.ear fails and returns the following exception in the application server log, located at <WEBLOGIC_HOME>/<project_name>/domains/<domain_name>/servers/<server_name>/logs/<server_name>.log

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The WebLogic Administrator Console shows the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the JAR antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat|sh file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server, infrastructure

KB-1559 "java.lang.NullPointerException" error when deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Parmida Borhani — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:05:52 GMT

Revision 7 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 4/26/2018 7:05:52 AM

Symptoms

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The WebLogic Administrator Console shows the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the JAR antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat|sh file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server

DRAFT KB-XXX "java.lang.NullPointerException" error when deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Jordan Horwat — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:06:33 GMT

Revision 6 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 4/24/2018 11:06:33 AM

Symptoms

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The WebLogic Administrator Console shows the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the JAR antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat|sh file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server, deploy

DRAFT KB-XXX "java.lang.NullPointerException" error when deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Jordan Horwat — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:06:06 GMT

Revision 5 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 4/24/2018 11:06:06 AM

Symptoms

After following Appian documentation on configuring WebLogic, the deployment of suite.ear fails and returns the following exception in the application server log (located at <WEBLOGIC_HOME>/<project_name>/domains/<domain_name>/servers/<server_name>/logs/<server_name>.log):

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The WebLogic Administrator Console shows the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the JAR antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat|sh file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server, deploy

DRAFT KB-XXX "java.lang.NullPointerException" error when deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Jordan Horwat — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:05:09 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 4/24/2018 11:05:09 AM

Symptoms

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The WebLogic Administrator Console shows the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the JAR antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat|sh file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server, deploy

"java.lang.NullPointerException" Error when Deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:59:32 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 4/20/2018 7:59:32 PM

Symptoms

After following Appian documentation on configuring WebLogic, the deployment of suite.ear fails and returns the following exception in the application server log (located at <WEBLOGIC_HOME>/<project_name>/domains/<domain_name>/servers/<server_name>/logs/<server_name>.log):

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The deployment of suite.ear fails and returns the following exception at the top of the WebLogic Administrator Console:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the jar antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat (Windows) or setDomainEnv.sh (Linux) file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server, deploy

DRAFT KB-XXX "java.lang.NullPointerException" Error when Deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:02:25 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 4/20/2018 4:02:25 PM

Symptoms

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The deployment of suite.ear fails and returns the following exception at the top of the WebLogic Administrator Console:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the jar antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat (Windows) or setDomainEnv.sh (Linux) file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server, deploy

DRAFT "java.lang.NullPointerException" Error when Deploying Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:00:38 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 4/20/2018 4:00:38 PM

Symptoms

<Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "XXX" for task "X" on [partition-name: DOMAIN]. Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)

The deployment of suite.ear fails and returns the following exception at the top of the WebLogic Administrator Console:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Cause

For WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later, the jar antlr-2.7.6.jar packaged with the ear file conflicts with the default class loader.

Action

Add the -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true parameter to the last occurrence of the JAVA_OPTIONS section in the setDomainEnv.bat (Windows) or setDomainEnv.sh (Linux) file to match the following:

set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Duser.timezone=GMT -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=weblogic.xml.saaj.MessageFactoryImpl -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStdoutToServerLogEnabled=true -Dweblogic.log.RedirectStderrToServerLogEnabled=true -DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true %JAVA_OPTIONS%

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using WebLogic 12.2.1.0.0 and later.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Tags: weblogic, application server, deploy