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Business Process Script (BPS) Context Point: Null Pointer Exception


Scenario:

A new EXTOL Ruleset and new EXTOL Outbound Collaboration Business Process Script has been created. When the AARS (Application Analysis Ruleset) Launcher BPS is launched, we receive the error: unrecoverable error during the transformation step

Issue:

In the EXTOL Outbound Collaboration Business Process Script we are setting the value in a Context Point. The variable name value (glb.var.PNID_constant) does not match the actual variable name in the ruleset.


EXTOL EBI Outbound Collaboration Business Process Script context point screenshot

EXTOL error message:


In the EXTOL Auditor we see the error "unrecoverable error during the transformation step"

JBoss server.log
2013-12-17 10:28:18,487 FATAL [com.extol.processcontrol.engine2.tasks.TransformTask] There was an unrecoverable error during the transformation step.
Exception detail:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.extol.transformationrules.ContextPoint2.a(ContextPoint2.java:179)
at com.extol.transformationrules.ContextPoint2.toExternalFormat(ContextPoint2.java:178)
at com.extol.processcontrol.engine2.tasks.TransformTask.i(TransformTask.java:396)



Resolution:

Review the ruleset and the BPS to ensure that the CONTEXT POINT-SET VALUE match the ruleset value.
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