I have a website that was originally built using Struts 2.0. Now I am updating it to Struts 2.3. There are files on this website that execute an AJAX request (inventory search based on a common search form). An AJAX request represents the entire form for the searchInventory action. This works fine in Struts 2.0, but in 2.3 I get exceptions in the error log that look like this:
[STDOUT] WARN [com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStack] - CommonsLogger.warn(60) | Error setting expression 'nonInventoryRelatedField' with value '[Ljava.lang.String;@833d35' ognl.OgnlException: target is null for setProperty(null, "9", [Ljava.lang.String;@833d35) at ognl.OgnlRuntime.setProperty(OgnlRuntime.java:2309) at ognl.ASTProperty.setValueBody(ASTProperty.java:127) at ognl.SimpleNode.evaluateSetValueBody(SimpleNode.java:220) at ognl.SimpleNode.setValue(SimpleNode.java:301) at ognl.ASTChain.setValueBody(ASTChain.java:227) at ognl.SimpleNode.evaluateSetValueBody(SimpleNode.java:220) at ognl.SimpleNode.setValue(SimpleNode.java:301) at ognl.Ognl.setValue(Ognl.java:737) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlUtil.setValue(OgnlUtil.java:217) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStack.trySetValue(OgnlValueStack.java:186) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStack.setValue(OgnlValueStack.java:173) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStack.setParameter(OgnlValueStack.java:151) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.setParameters(ParametersInterceptor.java:292) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.doIntercept(ParametersInterceptor.java:203) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.StaticParametersInterceptor.intercept(StaticParametersInterceptor.java:190) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at org.apache.struts2.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:243) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ModelDrivenInterceptor.intercept(ModelDrivenInterceptor.java:100) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ChainingInterceptor.intercept(ChainingInterceptor.java:145) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.I18nInterceptor.intercept(I18nInterceptor.java:176) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.PrepareInterceptor.doIntercept(PrepareInterceptor.java:171) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at org.apache.struts2.interceptor.ServletConfigInterceptor.intercept(ServletConfigInterceptor.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.AliasInterceptor.intercept(AliasInterceptor.java:192) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ExceptionMappingInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionMappingInterceptor.java:187) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.LoggingInterceptor.intercept(LoggingInterceptor.java:67) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.TimerInterceptor.intercept(TimerInterceptor.java:120) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:249) at org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxy.execute(StrutsActionProxy.java:54) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.serviceAction(Dispatcher.java:511) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:432) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:399) at org.springframework.security.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:109) at org.springframework.security.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:83) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.ui.SessionFixationProtectionFilter.doFilterHttp(SessionFixationProtectionFilter.java:67) at org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter.doFilter(SpringSecurityFilter.java:53) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter.doFilter(SpringSecurityFilter.java:53) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilterHttp(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:101) at org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter.doFilter(SpringSecurityFilter.java:53) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.wrapper.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilterHttp(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:91) at org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter.doFilter(SpringSecurityFilter.java:53) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilterHttp(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:278) at org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter.doFilter(SpringSecurityFilter.java:53) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.ui.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilterHttp(LogoutFilter.java:89) at org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter.doFilter(SpringSecurityFilter.java:53) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilterHttp(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:235) at org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter.doFilter(SpringSecurityFilter.java:53) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:411) at org.springframework.security.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:188) at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:236) at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:167) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:182) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
The problem is that on the page containing the inventory search, there are several other fields that are not related to the inventory search (and do not have the getter / settter method in the inventorySearch action). In Struts 2.0, these additional fields are ignored by the inventorySearch action. However, Struts 2.3 throws the above exception when these additional fields are published with the form. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to best solve this problem?
I already thought about the following options:
- Find all pages that include inventory search and all additional fields from each of these pages. Then take all these additional fields and add a getter / setter for them in the inventory search action.
- Try redoing the AJAX inventory search so that it doesn't submit the form, but use the DOM manipulation instead to retrieve all the fields associated with the inventory and omit other fields.
- Change my logging settings to disable OgnlExceptions.
Are there any other good ideas or arguments for / against the above options?
thanks
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