NullPointer Exception

[sri rallapalli]

Hi All,
I am new to CORBA, i have written an idl file, and a pecific method is returning an arra, , in the server, i have created 2 objects and added to the array object, then returned to the client. From the client i am trying to call the the function, now at the server side, i am getting a NullpointerException, in the Helper class. I am not sure whats happening over there. Any light on this?

Regards,
Sri.

[Rahul Bhattacharjee]

Check / post the stack trace of the NullPointerException.

[sri rallapalli]

it is not a programatic exception. I am not able to catch that. Once i called the serverside function, it is getting called, and then it is trying to send the result back to the client, during the transfer to the client it is giving this exception, some where in the Helper classes, those classes have been generated after compiling the IDL file.

[Rahul Bhattacharjee]

Originally posted by sri rallapalli:
it is not a programatic exception.

Is sri your correct name ? If not check with the naming policy.

Its not good , but for tacking the exception you might want to catch Exception instead of checked exceptions and print the stack trace for more information about that.Later on you can undo the changes and modify the faulty code accordingly.

[sri rallapalli]

What ever I am writing in the server function I am putting it in the
Try { } and then I am trying to catch the exception. But it is not getting caught here.

In the server logs it is showing something like: Visibroker for java runtime caught exception; java.lang.NullPointerException.

And then showing some xxxHelper.java, etc.

can anyone help me please...

regards,
Sri.

[William Brogden]

And then showing some xxxHelper.java, etc.

The information you need to solve the problem is probably burried in that "etc." - When you get an exception, don't panic - copy as much of the stack trace as you can get to a separate file for later analysis.

Bill

[Girish M S]

As you mentioned, you are new to CORBA, please make sure any simple function instead of going directly for array or so. Then try to get it done by clearing step by step.

Other way is to post your code along with the stack trace of your exception.

[Bear Bibeault]

"G M S",

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