topic New roles result in NullPointerExceptions in RoleComparator in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-roles-result-in-nullpointerexceptions-in-rolecomparator/m-p/257667#M210797 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Following the instructions at </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Custom_Permissions_in_Share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Custom Permissions in Share</A><SPAN>, I was adding a number of additional roles, but when trying to login to Alfresco Share, the following server-side exception would occur:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>2012-02-02 13:10:12,042&nbsp; ERROR [extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime] [ajp-bio-8015-exec-35] Exception from executeScript - redirecting to status template error: 01020003 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 01020054 Error during processing of the template 'Method public java.lang.String org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site.getMembersRole(java.lang.String) threw an exception when invoked on org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site@4958b2cc'. Please contact your system administrator.<BR /> org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException: 01020003 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 01020054 Error during processing of the template 'Method public java.lang.String org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site.getMembersRole(java.lang.String) threw an exception when invoked on org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site@4958b2cc'. Please contact your system administrator.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.createStatusException(AbstractWebScript.java:971)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:171)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer$2.execute(RepositoryContainer.java:393)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; …<BR />Caused by: org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.TemplateException: 01020054 Error during processing of the template 'Method public java.lang.String org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site.getMembersRole(java.lang.String) threw an exception when invoked on org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site@4958b2cc'. Please contact your system administrator.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.renderTemplate(AbstractWebScript.java:801)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.renderFormatTemplate(DeclarativeWebScript.java:267)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:147)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; … 28 more<BR />Caused by: freemarker.template.TemplateModelException: Method public java.lang.String org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site.getMembersRole(java.lang.String) threw an exception when invoked on org.alfresco.repo.site.script.Site@4958b2cc<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at freemarker.ext.beans.SimpleMethodModel.exec(SimpleMethodModel.java:130)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; …<BR />Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.site.RoleComparatorImpl.compare(RoleComparatorImpl.java:39)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.site.RoleComparatorImpl.compare(RoleComparatorImpl.java:24)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.util.TreeMap.put(TreeMap.java:530)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.util.TreeSet.add(TreeSet.java:238)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.site.SiteServiceImpl.getMembersRole(SiteServiceImpl.java:1672)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:309)<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>On the client side, this would display as "Internal Server Error".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After some remote debugging, I think I found the problem. The issue is that the RoleComparator was not provided information about the precedence of these roles. In </SPAN><EM>alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/site-services-context.xml</EM><SPAN>:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!–&nbsp; Site role precedence - higher number - more important role –&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;bean id="siteRoleComparator" class="org.alfresco.repo.site.RoleComparatorImpl" init-method="init"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;property name="rolePrecedence"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;map&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;entry key="SiteManager" value="4" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;entry key="SiteCollaborator" value="3" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;entry key="SiteContributor" value="2" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;entry key="SiteConsumer" value="1" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/map&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/bean&gt;<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Adding entries to this map solved this exception. I'm not sure if the documentation needs to be updated/clarified, or if the RoleComparatorImpl code should be made more robust?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:42:57 GMT jevon 2012-02-02T00:42:57Z New roles result in NullPointerExceptions in RoleComparator https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-roles-result-in-nullpointerexceptions-in-rolecomparator/m-p/257667#M210797 Following the instructions at Custom Permissions in Share, I was adding a number of additional roles, but when trying to login to Alfresco Share, the following server-side exception would occur:2012-02-02 13:10:12,042&nbsp; ERROR [extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime] [ajp-bio-8015-exec-35] Exception fr Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:42:57 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-roles-result-in-nullpointerexceptions-in-rolecomparator/m-p/257667#M210797 jevon 2012-02-02T00:42:57Z Re: New roles result in NullPointerExceptions in RoleComparator https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-roles-result-in-nullpointerexceptions-in-rolecomparator/m-p/257668#M210798 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If the wiki is inaccurate or incomplete, please feel free to edit the article.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mike</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:17:21 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-roles-result-in-nullpointerexceptions-in-rolecomparator/m-p/257668#M210798 mikeh 2012-02-02T08:17:21Z