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Getting java.lang.nullpointer exception when i click on any forum topic

 
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While trying to access any topic in any of the forums on my company's hosted site, I am getting the below error:

An error has occurred.

For detailed error information, please see the HTML source code, and contact the forum Administrator.

java.lang.NullPointerException


The stack trace is as follows:

net.jforum.exceptions.ForumException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66044.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at net.jforum.Command.process(Command.java:114)
at net.jforum.JForum.processCommand(JForum.java:217)
at net.jforum.JForum.service(JForum.java:201)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:55)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at net.jforum.util.legacy.clickstream.CrossDomainCookieFilter.doFilter(CrossDomainCookieFilter.java:67)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at net.jforum.util.legacy.clickstream.ClickstreamFilter.doFilter(ClickstreamFilter.java:59)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)
at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:200)
at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:773)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:703)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:895)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at net.jforum.view.forum.common.PostCommon.processSmilies(PostCommon.java:267)
at net.jforum.view.forum.common.PostCommon.prepareTextForDisplayExceptCodeTag(PostCommon.java:227)
at net.jforum.view.forum.common.PostCommon.processText(PostCommon.java:112)
at net.jforum.view.forum.common.PostCommon.preparePostForDisplay(PostCommon.java:97)
at net.jforum.view.forum.common.PostCommon.topicPosts(PostCommon.java:359)
at net.jforum.view.forum.PostAction.displayPost(PostAction.java:214)
at net.jforum.view.forum.PostAction.list(PostAction.java:157)
... 32 more


As I am new to Jforum, I cannot seem to figure out the reason behind the error.Still trying to debug the error.
P.S. The forum topics I am trying to access already have quite a few posts in them,i.e., they are not empty/null.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Someone asked this yesterday. Let's continue discussion in that thread so as not to duplicate conversation.
 
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