PK57558; 6.1.0.13: InvocationTargetException when attempting to connect

Download Description

PK57558 resolves the following problem:

ERROR DESCRIPTION:
The following is a summary of the stack of the exception which was logged in SystemErr.log for an IBM® WebSphere® Application Server while attempting to invoke a service integration bus mediation:

SECJ5011E: Could not create default AuthorizationToken during
propagation login. The following exception occurred:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.ibm.ws.security.token.WSCredentialTokenMapper$9.
run(WSCredentialTokenMapper.java:979)
at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.
doPrivileged(AccessController.java:118)
at com.ibm.ws.security.token.WSCredentialTokenMapper....
at com.ibm.ws.sib.trm.client.
TrmSICoreConnectionFactoryImpl.
createConnection(TrmSICoreConnectionFactoryImpl.java:160)...
at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.FreePool.
createManagedConnectionWithMCWrapper(FreePool.java:1811)
at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.FreePool.
...
at com.ibm.ws.sib.ra.impl.SibRaConnectionFactory.
createConnection(SibRaConnectionFactory.java:266)
..
at com.ibm.ws.sib.mediation.runtime.
DestinationMediationParameters.getBifurcatedConsumerSession
(DestinationMediationParameters.java:374)
...
at com.ibm.ws.sib.mediation.runtime.
DestinationMediationInvocationInstance.invoke
(DestinationMediationInvocationInstance.java:252)
...

LOCAL FIX:

PROBLEM SUMMARY

USERS AFFECTED:
Users of the default messaging provider for IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1, creating client JMS connections to a service integration bus with global security disabled.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
An InvocationTargetException may be thrown while attempting to establish a connection to a service integration bus when global security is disabled.

A java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException may be thrown, caused by a java.lang.NullPointerException while attempting to establish a client JMS connection to a service integration bus.

The stack of the NullPointerException which causes the InvocationTargetException contains the following method:

com.ibm.ws.sib.security.auth.AuthUtilsImpl.getOpaqueAuthorizationToken()

The service integration bus was incorrectly invoking a method which should not be called in an environment where global security is disabled.

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
This APAR resolves the issue.