topic NPE while deleting task candidates in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/npe-while-deleting-task-candidates/m-p/206990#M160120 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am getting a NPE while deleting candidate group when a task has both user and group candidates and is assigned to a user. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Debugging this further, I see that it is failing in the code block below while iterating through identity links when groupId passed in to TaskEntity.deleteIdentityLink method is not null but one of the identity links associated with the task is a user type. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>if ((userId != null &amp;&amp; userId.equals(identityLinkEntity.getUserId()))</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>|| (groupId != null &amp;&amp; identityLinkEntity.getGroupId().equals(groupId))) {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Context</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>.getCommandContext()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>.getIdentityLinkEntityManager()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>.deleteIdentityLink(identityLinkEntity, true);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>removedIdentityLinkEntities.add(identityLinkEntity);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It is failing on (groupId != null &amp;&amp; identityLinkEntity.getGroupId().equals(groupId)) when groupId is passed in but identityLinkEntity being checked is a user so identityLinkEntity.getGroupId() is null. Should this be groupId.equals(identityLinkEntity.getGroupId()) instead ?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Seems like a bug, has this been reported or fixed in a later release - I am using 5.15.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 01:49:39 GMT cnayak 2014-09-08T01:49:39Z NPE while deleting task candidates https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/npe-while-deleting-task-candidates/m-p/206990#M160120 I am getting a NPE while deleting candidate group when a task has both user and group candidates and is assigned to a user. Debugging this further, I see that it is failing in the code block below while iterating through identity links when groupId passed in to TaskEntity.deleteIdentityLink method i Mon, 08 Sep 2014 01:49:39 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/npe-while-deleting-task-candidates/m-p/206990#M160120 cnayak 2014-09-08T01:49:39Z Re: NPE while deleting task candidates https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/npe-while-deleting-task-candidates/m-p/206991#M160121 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In Activiti 5.16.2 (which is only available in Maven central) and via the Activiti Github releases, this bug should have been fixed. Let us know if this doesn't solve your issue.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 18:50:38 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/npe-while-deleting-task-candidates/m-p/206991#M160121 trademak 2014-09-08T18:50:38Z Re: NPE while deleting task candidates https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/npe-while-deleting-task-candidates/m-p/206992#M160122 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It has been fixed in 5.16.2. Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:20:31 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/npe-while-deleting-task-candidates/m-p/206992#M160122 cnayak 2014-09-08T19:20:31Z