JAXB: Marshaller.marshall throws NullPointerException if an adapter adapts a non-null bound value to null.

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Issue

  • I'm getting an exception that has the following root cause:

    Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.output.Encoded.setEscape(Encoded.java:107)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.output.UTF8XmlOutput.doText(UTF8XmlOutput.java:305)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.output.UTF8XmlOutput.text(UTF8XmlOutput.java:294)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.leafElement(XMLSerializer.java:319)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeBuiltinLeafInfoImpl$1.writeLeafElement(RuntimeBuiltinLeafInfoImpl.java:209)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeBuiltinLeafInfoImpl$1.writeLeafElement(RuntimeBuiltinLeafInfoImpl.java:208)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.reflect.TransducedAccessor$CompositeTransducedAccessorImpl.writeLeafElement(TransducedAccessor.java:250)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.property.SingleElementLeafProperty.serializeBody(SingleElementLeafProperty.java:98)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.ClassBeanInfoImpl.serializeBody(ClassBeanInfoImpl.java:322)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.childAsSoleContent(XMLSerializer.java:587)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.ClassBeanInfoImpl.serializeRoot(ClassBeanInfoImpl.java:312)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.childAsRoot(XMLSerializer.java:488)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.write(MarshallerImpl.java:317)
        at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.marshal(MarshallerImpl.java:247)
        at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractMarshallerImpl.marshal(AbstractMarshallerImpl.java:76)
    

Environment

  • Redhat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.0.x
    • 5.1.0
    • 5.1.2
    • 4.x
  • RESTEasy (could actually happen wherever JAXB is used)
  • JAXB

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