NullPointerException in JBoss Web due to JBWEB-157

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • I've set up RewriteRules like the following using HTTP_HOST:
RewriteCond   %{HTTP_HOST}  ^(?:www\.)?someDomain\.com  [OR,NC] 
RewriteCond   %{HTTP_HOST}  ^(?:www\.)?someOther\.com  [OR,NC]
  • Now I see the following exception:
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter] (http-192.168.111.130-80-2) An exception or error occurred in the container during the request processing
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.jboss.web.rewrite.TomcatResolver.resolve(TomcatResolver.java:59)
 at org.jboss.web.rewrite.Substitution$ServerVariableElement.evaluate(Substitution.java:63)
 at org.jboss.web.rewrite.Substitution.evaluate(Substitution.java:235)
 at org.jboss.web.rewrite.RewriteRule.evaluate(RewriteRule.java:140)
 at org.jboss.web.rewrite.RewriteValve.invoke(RewriteValve.java:293)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:158)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:829)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:598)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:451)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) 

*Getting a NullPointerException due to https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBWEB-157 when adding rules like:

RewriteCond   %{HTTP_HOST}  ^(?:www\.)?someDomain\.com  [OR,NC] 
RewriteCond   %{HTTP_HOST}  ^(?:www\.)?someOther\.com  [OR,NC]


ERROR [http-127.0.0.1-8080-3] [org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter] An exception or error occurred in the container during the request processing
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.jboss.web.rewrite.TomcatResolver.resolve(TomcatResolver.java:59)
    at org.jboss.web.rewrite.Substitution$ServerVariableElement.evaluate(Substitution.java:63)
    at org.jboss.web.rewrite.Substitution.evaluate(Substitution.java:235)
    at org.jboss.web.rewrite.RewriteCond.evaluate(RewriteCond.java:198)
    at org.jboss.web.rewrite.RewriteRule.evaluate(RewriteRule.java:112)
    at org.jboss.web.rewrite.RewriteValve.invoke(RewriteValve.java:293)

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.1.0
  • JBoss Web 2.1.10_GA

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