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Bug 348488 - "register definition failed" with NullPointerException
Summary: "register definition failed" with NullPointerException
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: AspectJ
Classification: Tools
Component: LTWeaving (show other bugs)
Version: 1.6.11   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 1.6.12   Edit
Assignee: aspectj inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-06-06 21:12 EDT by Eric Jain CLA
Modified: 2011-06-07 12:46 EDT (History)
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Description Eric Jain CLA 2011-06-06 21:12:28 EDT 
Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

Here's another rare & hard to reproduce exception I encountered upon starting an RCP application with load-time weaving enabled (see bug 338033 for another exception found in the the same environment):

Jun 6, 2011 3:19:50 PM org.aspectj.weaver.tools.Jdk14Trace error
SEVERE: register definition failed
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.getMethodArgumentNames(AtAjAttributes.java:1760)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.access$000(AtAjAttributes.java:92)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes$AjAttributeMethodStruct.getArgumentNames(AtAjAttributes.java:153)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.extractBindings(AtAjAttributes.java:1576)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.handleAroundAnnotation(AtAjAttributes.java:1348)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.readAj5MethodAttributes(AtAjAttributes.java:448)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelMethod.unpackAjAttributes(BcelMethod.java:203)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelMethod.<init>(BcelMethod.java:92)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelObjectType.getDeclaredMethods(BcelObjectType.java:290)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ReferenceType.getDeclaredMethods(ReferenceType.java:770)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.getDeclaredAdvice(ResolvedType.java:947)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.getDeclaredShadowMungers(ResolvedType.java:987)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.collectShadowMungers(ResolvedType.java:822)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.collectCrosscuttingMembers(ResolvedType.java:749)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.CrosscuttingMembersSet.addOrReplaceAspect(CrosscuttingMembersSet.java:85)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.CrosscuttingMembersSet.addOrReplaceAspect(CrosscuttingMembersSet.java:69)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.addLibraryAspect(BcelWeaver.java:202)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.registerAspects(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:466)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.registerDefinitions(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:290)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.initialize(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:176)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj.loadtime.OSGiWeavingAdaptor.initialize(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj.AspectJWeavingService.ensureAdaptorInit(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj.AspectJWeavingService.preProcess(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.adaptors.WeavingAdaptor.weaveClass(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.hooks.WeavingHook.processClass(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:575)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:550)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:481)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:469)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:449)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:393)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:469)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:422)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:338)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:232)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadBundleActivator(AbstractBundle.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:751)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:370)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume(AbstractBundle.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle(Framework.java:1067)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:561)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:546)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:243)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.dispatchEvent(StartLevelManager.java:440)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:227)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:337)
[foo] warning register definition failed -- (NullPointerException) null
null
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.getMethodArgumentNames(AtAjAttributes.java:1760)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.access$000(AtAjAttributes.java:92)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes$AjAttributeMethodStruct.getArgumentNames(AtAjAttributes.java:153)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.extractBindings(AtAjAttributes.java:1576)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.handleAroundAnnotation(AtAjAttributes.java:1348)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.AtAjAttributes.readAj5MethodAttributes(AtAjAttributes.java:448)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelMethod.unpackAjAttributes(BcelMethod.java:203)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelMethod.<init>(BcelMethod.java:92)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelObjectType.getDeclaredMethods(BcelObjectType.java:290)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ReferenceType.getDeclaredMethods(ReferenceType.java:770)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.getDeclaredAdvice(ResolvedType.java:947)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.getDeclaredShadowMungers(ResolvedType.java:987)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.collectShadowMungers(ResolvedType.java:822)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.collectCrosscuttingMembers(ResolvedType.java:749)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.CrosscuttingMembersSet.addOrReplaceAspect(CrosscuttingMembersSet.java:85)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.CrosscuttingMembersSet.addOrReplaceAspect(CrosscuttingMembersSet.java:69)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.addLibraryAspect(BcelWeaver.java:202)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.registerAspects(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:466)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.registerDefinitions(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:290)
	at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.initialize(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:176)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj.loadtime.OSGiWeavingAdaptor.initialize(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj.AspectJWeavingService.ensureAdaptorInit(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.aspectj.AspectJWeavingService.preProcess(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.adaptors.WeavingAdaptor.weaveClass(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.hooks.WeavingHook.processClass(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:575)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:550)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:481)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:469)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:449)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:393)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:469)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:422)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:338)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:232)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadBundleActivator(AbstractBundle.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:751)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:370)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume(AbstractBundle.java:374)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle(Framework.java:1067)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:561)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:546)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:243)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.dispatchEvent(StartLevelManager.java:440)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:227)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:337)



Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce
Comment 1 Andrew Clement CLA 2011-06-07 12:46:23 EDT 
the problem here is a broken/unusual localvariabletable in one of the classes.  I've put in a guard to cope with this occurring.  Surprising that it isn't easily reproduceable as the same code woven in the same way a second time should cause the same thing to occur.  When this situation occurs it will also print a line of debug info:

AspectJ: 348488 debug: unusual local variable table for method XXX.YYY

which, if it happens again, will allow us to investigate further, but the NPE can't happen anymore.
Comment 2 Andrew Clement CLA 2011-06-07 12:46:53 EDT 
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