• RSA Governance & Lifecycle 8.0 P04

• A warning message "Error editing the Collector: java.lang.NullPointerException" pops up on the UI when pressing on Finish button while editing a Generic REST based Entitlement Data Collector (EDC). The error occurs regardless of whether changes are applied or not to the collector's configuration.
• This error occurs in the scenario where User Authentication Type > Token is configured, with the option Get Token from URL enabled.

The following error message is logged in aveksaServer.log when editing or running the EDC:

01/17/2025 10:17:37.955 ERROR (pool-92939-thread-1) [com.aveksa.client.genericrest.utils.TokenBasedExpiryHandler] Error occured
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.authenticationManager.TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.getConnectionForAuthToken(TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.java:90) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.authenticationManager.TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.fetchToken(TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.java:61) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.authenticationManager.AuthenticationManager.fetchToken(AuthenticationManager.java:44) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.GenericRESTClient.executeTestAuthToken(GenericRESTClient.java:98) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.utils.TokenBasedExpiryHandler.getAccessToken(TokenBasedExpiryHandler.java:161) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.utils.TokenBasedExpiryHandler.run(TokenBasedExpiryHandler.java:79) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) ~[?:1.8.0_422]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) ~[?:1.8.0_422]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750) ~[?:1.8.0_422]
01/17/2025 10:17:37.956 ERROR (pool-92939-thread-1) [com.aveksa.client.genericrest.utils.TokenBasedExpiryHandler] Error occured while generating TOKEN BASED access token ....token expired for Client Id = 919....renew the token 
java.lang.Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.utils.TokenBasedExpiryHandler.getAccessToken(TokenBasedExpiryHandler.java:164) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.utils.TokenBasedExpiryHandler.run(TokenBasedExpiryHandler.java:79) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) ~[?:1.8.0_422]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) ~[?:1.8.0_422]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750) ~[?:1.8.0_422]
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.authenticationManager.TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.getConnectionForAuthToken(TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.java:90) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.authenticationManager.TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.fetchToken(TokenBasedDynamicAuthenticator.java:61) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.authenticationManager.AuthenticationManager.fetchToken(AuthenticationManager.java:44) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.GenericRESTClient.executeTestAuthToken(GenericRESTClient.java:98) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	at com.aveksa.client.genericrest.utils.TokenBasedExpiryHandler.getAccessToken(TokenBasedExpiryHandler.java:161) ~[generic-rest-client.jar:?]
	... 4 more

This issue is resolved in the following version:

• RSA Governance & Lifecycle 8.0.0 P06

Despite encountering 'java.lang.NullPointerException' on clicking Finish button after having made changes to the collector configuration, clicking OK to discard the pop up warning message and then clicking Cancel button will still save the collector configuration updates.