I have an abstract base controller class that is parameterized in much the same way as Spring Data PagingAndSortingRepository, with multiple subclasses that extend it. I have noticed when running unit tests that if SpringFox attempts to document a controller class with more than one parametrized type will always result in a NullPointerException, regardless of whether the second parameterized type is even used in the class:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
at org.springframework.test.context.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:94)
at org.springframework.test.context.DefaultTestContext.getApplicationContext(DefaultTestContext.java:72)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener.setUpRequestContextIfNecessary(ServletTestExecutionListener.java:170)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(ServletTestExecutionListener.java:110)
at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.prepareTestInstance(TestContextManager.java:212)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:200)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:259)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:261)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:219)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:83)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:238)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:63)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:236)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:53)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:229)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:68)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:309)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:163)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:160)
at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:78)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:212)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:68)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:140)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at springfox.documentation.schema.WildcardType.wildcardMatch(WildcardType.java:60)
at springfox.documentation.schema.AlternateTypeRule.appliesTo(AlternateTypeRule.java:65)
at springfox.documentation.spi.schema.AlternateTypeProvider$1.apply(AlternateTypeProvider.java:57)
at springfox.documentation.spi.schema.AlternateTypeProvider$1.apply(AlternateTypeProvider.java:54)
at com.google.common.collect.Iterators$7.computeNext(Iterators.java:647)
at com.google.common.collect.AbstractIterator.tryToComputeNext(AbstractIterator.java:143)
at com.google.common.collect.AbstractIterator.hasNext(AbstractIterator.java:138)
at com.google.common.collect.Iterators.tryFind(Iterators.java:747)
at com.google.common.collect.Iterables.tryFind(Iterables.java:675)
at com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable.firstMatch(FluentIterable.java:197)
at springfox.documentation.spi.schema.AlternateTypeProvider.alternateFor(AlternateTypeProvider.java:41)
at springfox.documentation.spi.service.contexts.RequestMappingContext.alternateFor(RequestMappingContext.java:118)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.readers.operation.OperationModelsProvider.collectFromReturnType(OperationModelsProvider.java:70)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.readers.operation.OperationModelsProvider.apply(OperationModelsProvider.java:59)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsManager.modelContexts(DocumentationPluginsManager.java:129)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.scanners.ApiModelReader.read(ApiModelReader.java:62)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.scanners.ApiListingScanner.scan(ApiListingScanner.java:91)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.scanners.ApiDocumentationScanner.scan(ApiDocumentationScanner.java:67)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.scanDocumentation(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:102)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.onApplicationEvent(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:88)
at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.onApplicationEvent(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:51)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:151)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:128)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:331)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:773)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:483)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.java:133)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.java:60)
at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.delegateLoading(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:109)
at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:261)
at org.springframework.test.context.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:68)
at org.springframework.test.context.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:86)
... 28 more
The exception will occur, regardless of the types used. Replacing the parameterization with concrete types will make this error go away.
I have an abstract base controller class that is parameterized in much the same way as Spring Data
PagingAndSortingRepository, with multiple subclasses that extend it. I have noticed when running unit tests that if SpringFox attempts to document a controller class with more than one parametrized type will always result in aNullPointerException, regardless of whether the second parameterized type is even used in the class:The exception will occur, regardless of the types used. Replacing the parameterization with concrete types will make this error go away.