Issue

NullPointerException happens at ELEvaluator.parseExpressionString() when JSP comple with JSTL validation is executed concurrently in JBoss EAP 7.x. And, once this NPE happens, we will see same NPE every time when accessing the failed JSP.

ERROR [io.undertow.request] (default task-4) UT005023: Exception handling request to /example/index.jsp: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: JBWEB004001: Unable to compile class for JSP
    at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:667) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:358) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:402) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:346) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790) [jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec-1.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    ...(snip)...
    ...
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.ELEvaluator.parseExpressionString(ELEvaluator.java:276) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.Evaluator.validate(Evaluator.java:71) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.support.ExpressionEvaluatorManager.validate(ExpressionEvaluatorManager.java:131) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.tlv.el.ValidationUtil.validateExpression(ValidationUtil.java:26) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.tlv.el.JstlELCoreTLV.validateExpression(JstlELCoreTLV.java:26) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.tlv.JstlCoreTLV$Handler.startElement(JstlCoreTLV.java:158) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:498)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(AbstractXMLDocumentParser.java:180)
    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:275)
    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1653)
    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:324)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:875)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:798)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:108)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1198)
    at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:564)
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.tlv.JstlBaseTLV.validate(JstlBaseTLV.java:158) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.taglibs.standard.tlv.JstlCoreTLV.validate(JstlCoreTLV.java:97) [jboss-jstl-api_1.2_spec-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.validate(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:552) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validateXmlView(Validator.java:1856) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validateExDirectives(Validator.java:1825) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:218) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:354) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:334) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:321) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:652) [jastow-2.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.0.0.Final-redhat-1]
    ... 61 more