NullPointerException injecting HttpServletRequest

[oliveiragabriel07]

I'm trying to upgrade VRaptor from 3.1.1 to 3.5.5 but I find a NullPointerException on application startup. Actually, the failure occurs from VRaptor 3.3.0 onwards and I'm using Spring 4.3.3.RELEASE.

The problem is caused when I @Autowire an HttpServletRequest at any @Service (the problem does not happen when I do the same at my @Resource annotated controllers)

Here is my code:

@Service
public class MerchantUserServiceImpl extends GenericServiceImpl<MerchantUser>
    implements MerchantUserService {

  @Autowired
  private HttpServletRequest request;

  // ...
}

And the StackTrace

SEVERE: Exception starting filter vraptor
org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'merchantUserServiceImpl': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'request'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'httpServletRequestProvider': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:569)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:349)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1219)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:543)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:482)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:751)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:861)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:541)
	at br.com.caelum.vraptor.ioc.spring.SpringBasedContainer.start(SpringBasedContainer.java:106)
	at br.com.caelum.vraptor.ioc.spring.SpringProvider.start(SpringProvider.java:87)
	at br.com.caelum.vraptor.VRaptor.init(VRaptor.java:121)
	at br.com.caelum.vraptor.VRaptor.init(VRaptor.java:115)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.initFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:281)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:262)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:107)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4775)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5452)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run$$$capture(FutureTask.java:266)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'httpServletRequestProvider': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:175)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:127)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1600)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:317)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:207)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1128)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1056)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:566)
	... 29 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at br.com.caelum.vraptor.ioc.spring.HttpServletRequestProvider.getObject(HttpServletRequestProvider.java:38)
	at br.com.caelum.vraptor.ioc.spring.HttpServletRequestProvider.getObject(HttpServletRequestProvider.java:34)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:168)
	... 37 more

It seems to me that something changed during bean initialization. Does anyone knows how to fix that?

[oliveiragabriel07]

@lucascs sorry to tag you here, but I'm a litte bit suspicions about some commits you've made a long time ago, starting from this one:

b28d9ee

I would be glad if you could provide any help! Thanks