playframework / playframework/play-json
NPE when Json.toJson
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Description
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at play.api.libs.json.LowPriorityWrites.$anonfun$traversableWrites$2(Writes.scala:307)
at scala.collection.TraversableLike.$anonfun$map$1(TraversableLike.scala:234)
at scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray.foreach(ResizableArray.scala:59)
at scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray.foreach$(ResizableArray.scala:52)
at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer.foreach(ArrayBuffer.scala:48)
at scala.collection.TraversableLike.map(TraversableLike.scala:234)
at scala.collection.TraversableLike.map$(TraversableLike.scala:227)
at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:104)
at play.api.libs.json.LowPriorityWrites.$anonfun$traversableWrites$1(Writes.scala:307)
at play.api.libs.json.Writes$$anon$6.writes(Writes.scala:142)
at play.api.libs.json.PathWrites.$anonfun$nullable$2(JsConstraints.scala:184)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$$anon$3.writes(Writes.scala:111)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$MergedOWrites$.mergeIn(Writes.scala:75)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$MergedOWrites$$anon$1.writeFields(Writes.scala:67)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$MergedOWrites$$anon$1.writeFields(Writes.scala:63)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$MergedOWrites$.mergeIn(Writes.scala:73)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$MergedOWrites$$anon$1.writeFields(Writes.scala:66)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$MergedOWrites$$anon$1.writeFields(Writes.scala:63)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$OWritesFromFields.writes(Writes.scala:95)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$OWritesFromFields.writes$(Writes.scala:93)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$MergedOWrites$$anon$1.writes(Writes.scala:63)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$$anon$2.$anonfun$contramap$1(Writes.scala:106)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$$anon$3.writes(Writes.scala:111)
at play.api.libs.json.OWrites$$anon$3.writes(Writes.scala:110)
at play.api.libs.json.LowPriorityWrites.$anonfun$traversableWrites$2(Writes.scala:307)
at scala.collection.TraversableLike.$anonfun$map$1(TraversableLike.scala:234)
at scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray.foreach(ResizableArray.scala:59)
at scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray.foreach$(ResizableArray.scala:52)
at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer.foreach(ArrayBuffer.scala:48)
at scala.collection.TraversableLike.map(TraversableLike.scala:234)
at scala.collection.TraversableLike.map$(TraversableLike.scala:227)
at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:104)
at play.api.libs.json.LowPriorityWrites.$anonfun$traversableWrites$1(Writes.scala:307)
at play.api.libs.json.Writes$$anon$6.writes(Writes.scala:142)
at play.api.libs.json.Json$.toJson(Json.scala:186)
at controllers.FacadesController.$anonfun$queryTypes$2(FacadesController.scala:28)
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Research direction
Start at controllers/FacadesController.scala:28 and trace the value passed to Json.toJson into play.api.libs.json.LowPriorityWrites.traversableWrites in Writes.scala:307. Compare the nullable path in JsConstraints.scala:184 and Json.scala:186, then reproduce the NPE with a focused case; done means the cause is confirmed and covered by a regression test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100