Uncommenting GenericPipelineInterceptors in jbossesb-properties.xml causes NullPointerException at startup in JBoss ESB

Issue

• When the following "interceptors" properties in $SOA_ROOT/jboss-as/server/$CONFIG/deployers/esb.deployer/jbossesb-properties.xml are uncommented, the JBoss ESB throws java.lang.NullPointerException and fails to start up.

    <properties name="interceptors">
        <property name="org.jboss.soa.esb.pipeline.failure.interceptors" value="org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.GenericPipelineInterceptor"/>
        <property name="org.jboss.soa.esb.pipeline.instantiate.interceptors" value="org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.GenericPipelineInterceptor"/>
        <property name="org.jboss.soa.esb.pipeline.start.interceptors" value="org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.GenericPipelineInterceptor"/>
        <property name="org.jboss.soa.esb.pipeline.end.interceptors" value="org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.GenericPipelineInterceptor"/>
    </properties>

• The error stacktrace is as follows:

2012-10-15 14:50:42,708 ERROR [org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.AbstractKernelController] (main) Error installing to Start: name=jboss.esb.vfsfile:/opt/jboss-soa-p-5.3.0/jboss-as/server/default/deploy/jbossesb.esb/ state=Create
java.lang.RuntimeException: org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.lifecycle.ManagedLifecycleException: Unexpected exception while instantiating managed instance
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.config.Configuration.create(Configuration.java:185)
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.deployers.mc.EsbDeployment.start(EsbDeployment.java:231)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.invoke(ReflectionUtils.java:59)
    at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectMethodInfoImpl.invoke(ReflectMethodInfoImpl.java:150)
    at org.jboss.joinpoint.plugins.BasicMethodJoinPoint.dispatch(BasicMethodJoinPoint.java:66)
    at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction$JoinpointDispatchWrapper.execute(KernelControllerContextAction.java:243)
    at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.ExecutionWrapper.execute(ExecutionWrapper.java:47)
    at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchExecutionWrapper(KernelControllerContextAction.java:111)
    at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchJoinPoint(KernelControllerContextAction.java:72)
    at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.LifecycleAction.installActionInternal(LifecycleAction.java:221)
    at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54)
    at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556)
    at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688)
    at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460)
    at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:163)
    at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:99)
    at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:46)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1454)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1172)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1193)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1113)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:789)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:699)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.ProfileDeployAction.install(ProfileDeployAction.java:70)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileAction.install(AbstractProfileAction.java:53)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.install(AbstractProfileService.java:403)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:778)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:543)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.registerProfile(AbstractProfileService.java:308)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:256)
    at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:461)
    at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:223)
    at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:574)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.lifecycle.ManagedLifecycleException: Unexpected exception while instantiating managed instance
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.LifecycleUtil.getManagedInstances(LifecycleUtil.java:166)
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.LifecycleUtil.getListeners(LifecycleUtil.java:76)
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.config.Configuration.create(Configuration.java:124)
    ... 63 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.LifecycleUtil.getManagedInstances(LifecycleUtil.java:162)
    ... 65 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.GenericPipelineInterceptor.processMessage(GenericPipelineInterceptor.java:33)
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.InterceptorManager.interceptInstantiate(InterceptorManager.java:126)
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.ActionProcessingPipeline.<init>(ActionProcessingPipeline.java:381)
    at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.ScheduleListener.<init>(ScheduleListener.java:90)
    ... 70 more
2012-10-15 14:50:42,710 INFO  [org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.deployers.mc.EsbDeployment] (main) Destroying 'jbossesb.esb'