I'm getting 'Object Reference not set to an instance of an object' when my Tibco BW 5.15 process is deployed to Tibco Admin. When I run in local designer(which is on the same Windows Server) I get expected response from my Soap Request Reply Activity.

[Sean Blackmon 2]

I have a Tibco BW 5.15 process that uses a SOAP Request Reply activity to send request to a client. When I submit request through my local Designer that is running on Windows Server, I get back the desired response. When I deploy this same code to Tibco Admin (which is on the same server) I get back 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object'. Has anyone ever faced this issue before?

[Kurian Kuruvilla]

Are the outbound requests the same in both the cases (Designer/depolyed app)?

[Sean Blackmon 2]

yep, the exact same.

[Sean Blackmon 2]

I just took the Ear file from Designer and Deployed directly onto Tibco Admin.

[Kurian Kuruvilla]

Just to be clear, I was referring to the outbound requests; the SOAP/HTTP requests sent out by the SOAP R/R activity. Have you captured the requests and verified that they are the same?

[Sean Blackmon 2]

Yes. I have attached screenshots of what I have done.

[Kurian Kuruvilla]

You need to capture the SOAP/HTTP requests on the wire and see if they are the same in both the cases. Assuming the invocation is over SSL, enable SSL debug logging for capturing the outbound request. Instructions here - https://support.tibco.com/s/article/How-to-collect-SSL-debug-logs-in-TIBCO-ActiveMatrix-BusinessWorks

[Sean Blackmon 2]

Hello Kurian,

I have enabled SSL debugging and see this error:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<defaultFaultElement><faultcode>a:InternalServiceFault</faultcode><faultstring>Object reference not set to an instance of an object.</faultstring><detail><ExceptionDetail xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.ServiceModel" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><HelpLink i:nil="true"/><InnerException i:nil="true"/><Message>Object reference not set to an instance of an object.</Message><StackTrace>  at HM.ClientRelationship.Service.ClientRelationshipService.GetClientRelationships(String socialSecurityNumber) in E:ADOAgents1_work779sSourceHM.ClientRelationship.ServiceClientRelationshipService.svc.cs:line 117

  at SyncInvokeGetClientRelationships(Object , Object[] , Object[] )

  at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs)

  at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeBegin(MessageRpc& rpc)

  at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc)

  at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage11(MessageRpc& rpc)

  at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet)</StackTrace><Type>System.NullReferenceException</Type></ExceptionDetail></detail></defaultFaultElement>

I use the same Ready API project to submit the request for both my local designer and Tibco Admin. I'm actually sending a SSN via SSL.

The attachment is what I see in the logs after SSL debug is enabled.

Thanks,

Sean Blackmon

[Kurian Kuruvilla]

Hello Sean,

What you have attached is not SSL debug log. It is activity tracing. After adding the property to enable SSL debug logging, did you restart the application from command line, redirecting the output to a file as mentioned in the article?