HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error


Type Exception Report

Message Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException

Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

Exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1013)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:897)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:655)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	edu.luc.online.web.filter.AuthFilter.doFilter(AuthFilter.java:66)

Root Cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
	java.base/java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:177)
	edu.luc.online.web.controller.IndexController.getCourse(IndexController.java:338)
	jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2409.invoke(Unknown Source)
	java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
	org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:189)
	org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:138)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:102)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:895)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:800)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1038)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:942)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1005)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:897)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:655)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	edu.luc.online.web.filter.AuthFilter.doFilter(AuthFilter.java:66)

Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.


Apache Tomcat/9.0.62