Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Remoting / April 2004

I have just started working with Flash Remoting and am having trouble with what
appears to be a bug in the service.

These two threads have not found a solution for me and I haven't seen anything
from Macromedia support which will cover the problem.
[L=Thread
1]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=250&th
readid=678322&highlight_key=y&keyword1=NullPointerException[/L]
[L=Thread
2]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=250&th
readid=722102&highlight_key=y&keyword1=SERVER%2EPROCESSING[/L]

When I try use Flash Remoting I receive this error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
Service threw an exception during method invocation: null

My Flash connection code is as follows, which was taken almost straight from
the Flash MX Pro 2004 for Server Geeks book:

#include "NetServices.as"
#include "NetDebug.as"
var gatewayURL = "http://localhost/flashservices/gateway";
var serviceName = "casinograde.chipbuilder";
// Here are the standard lines that get us connected to the server
NetServices.setDefaultGatewayUrl(gatewayURL);
var frConnection = NetServices.createGatewayConnection();
var rs = frConnection.getService(serviceName, this);

rs.getproduct();
function getproduct_Status(error) {
    trace(error.description);
}

Here is the Cold Fusion cfc page code and this was paired down quite a bit to
try to find the culprit to the problem:

<cfcomponent>
<cffunction name="getproduct" access="remote">
    <cfset var world="hello">
    <cfreturn world>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

Below is the complete debug trace I receive:

DebugId: 0
EventType: "AmfStatusCall"
MethodName: "/1/onStatus"
MovieUrl: "file:///C|/websites/casinograde/chipbuilder/chipbuilder.swf"
Protocol: "http"
ResponseURI: (undefined)
Source: "Server"
Time: 1082225122234
Date (object #1)
....."Sat Apr 17 13:05:22 GMT-0500 2004"
Parameters (object #2)
.....code: "SERVER.PROCESSING"
.....description: "Service threw an exception during method invocation: null"
.....details: "java.lang.NullPointerException
    at
coldfusion.runtime.TemplateClassLoader.findApplicationCfm(TemplateClassLoader.ja
va:82)
    at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:89)
    at coldfusion.filter.FlashTemplateFilter.invoke(FlashTemplateFilter.java:37)
    at coldfusion.filter.FlashFilter.invoke(FlashFilter.java:75)
    at
coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilt
er.java:28)
    at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:43)
    at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)
    at coldfusion.flash.FlashProxy.invokeTemplate(FlashProxy.java:103)
    at
flashgateway.adapter.coldfusion.ColdFusionAdapter.invokeFunction(ColdFusionAdapt
er.java:107)
    at flashgateway.filter.AdapterFilter.invoke(AdapterFilter.java:266)
    at flashgateway.filter.SecurityFilter.invoke(SecurityFilter.java:85)
    at flashgateway.filter.LicenseFilter.invoke(LicenseFilter.java:58)
    at flashgateway.filter.ErrorFilter.invoke(ErrorFilter.java:44)
    at flashgateway.filter.LogFilter.invoke(LogFilter.java:43)
    at flashgateway.filter.BatchProcessFilter.invoke(BatchProcessFilter.java:63)
    at flashgateway.filter.DebugFilter.invoke(DebugFilter.java:38)
    at flashgateway.filter.SerializationFilter.invoke(SerializationFilter.java:59)
    at flashgateway.Gateway.invoke(Gateway.java:194)
    at flashgateway.controller.GatewayServlet.service(GatewayServlet.java:56)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
    at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:91)
    at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42)
    at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:252)
    at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:527)
    at
jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:192)
    at
jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:348)
    at
jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:451)
    at
jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:294)
    at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)
"
.....level: "error"
.....type: "java.lang.NullPointerException"

I get the feeling that this is a software problem.  Either a conflict with the
server and Windows SP4 or the JRun server and Flash....etc.
Please HELP!!

Thanks in advanced....
Jane