NPE error on sending private chat message

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This was seen in demo server's error log.

2011-10-18 14:45:45,755 [NioProcessor-1] ERROR 
o.r.server.service.ServiceInvoker - Service invocation error
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.6.0_20]
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) ~[na:1.6.0_20]
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.6.0_20]
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) ~[na:1.6.0_20]
        at org.red5.server.service.ServiceInvoker.invoke(ServiceInvoker.java:200) [red5.jar:na]
        at org.red5.server.service.ServiceInvoker.invoke(ServiceInvoker.java:118) [red5.jar:na]
        at org.red5.server.net.rtmp.RTMPHandler.invokeCall(RTMPHandler.java:163) [red5.jar:na]
        at org.red5.server.net.rtmp.RTMPHandler.onInvoke(RTMPHandler.java:410) [red5.jar:na]
        at org.red5.server.net.rtmp.BaseRTMPHandler.messageReceived(BaseRTMPHandler.java:134) [red5.jar:na]
        at org.red5.server.net.rtmp.RTMPMinaIoHandler.messageReceived(RTMPMinaIoHandler.java:206) [red5.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain$TailFilter.messageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:716) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:434) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.access$1200(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:46) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain$EntryImpl$1.messageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:796) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolCodecFilter$ProtocolDecoderOutputImpl.flush(ProtocolCodecFilter.java:427) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolCodecFilter.messageReceived(ProtocolCodecFilter.java:245) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:434) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.access$1200(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:46) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain$EntryImpl$1.messageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:796) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.red5.server.net.rtmpe.RTMPEIoFilter.messageReceived(RTMPEIoFilter.java:125) [red5.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:434) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.access$1200(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:46) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain$EntryImpl$1.messageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:796) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.IoFilterAdapter.messageReceived(IoFilterAdapter.java:119) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:434) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.fireMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:426) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor.read(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:693) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor.process(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:646) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor.process(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:635) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor.access$400(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:67) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor$Processor.run(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:1079) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at org.apache.mina.util.NamePreservingRunnable.run(NamePreservingRunnable.java:64) [mina-core-2.0.2.jar:na]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) [na:1.6.0_20]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) [na:1.6.0_20]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636) [na:1.6.0_20]
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
        at org.bigbluebutton.conference.service.chat.ChatService.privateMessage(ChatService.java:56) ~[ChatService.class:na]
        ... 35 common frames omitted

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ritza...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2011 at 8:01

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Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com on 21 Oct 2011 at 12:01

• Added labels: Milestone-Release0.8, Stability

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Fixed by
https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/2564314aac5243c8671ce5b6d5
7ac5bc7a18f539

Original comment by ritza...@gmail.com on 25 Oct 2011 at 5:10

• Changed state: Fixed