Description
Content Collection HTML Objects that contain an href with the mailto: property produce an error.
Symptoms
Sample stack trace:
2019-02-08 13:35:16 -0500 - [WARNING] <P><span class="captionText">For reference, the Error ID is 4cf5cfb5-2fd5-42df-9816-1ac46a7167ca.</span> - java.lang.NullPointerException
at blackboard.util.UrlUtil.isExternalUrl(UrlUtil.java:2056)
at blackboard.util.UrlUtil.isExternalUrlTrustHostHeader(UrlUtil.java:2010)
at blackboard.cms.platform.contentsystem.data.ContentSystemResourceURL.init(ContentSystemResourceURL.java:81)
at blackboard.cms.platform.contentsystem.data.ContentSystemResourceURL.<init>(ContentSystemResourceURL.java:67)
at blackboard.cms.platform.contentsystem.manager.impl.NavigationManagerImpl.parseResourceLocation(NavigationManagerImpl.java:568)
at blackboard.platform.contentsystem.service.ContentLOBProcessor.process(ContentLOBProcessor.java:558)
at blackboard.platform.contentsystem.service.ContentLOBProcessor.execute(ContentLOBProcessor.java:472)
at blackboard.servlet.data.WysiwygText.resolveEmbeddedData(WysiwygText.java:1398)
at blackboard.webapps.bbcms.artifact.struts.ManageArtifactsAction$ArtifactWysiwygText.parseEmbeddedFileLinks(ManageArtifactsAction.java:406)
at blackboard.webapps.bbcms.artifact.struts.ManageArtifactsAction$ArtifactWysiwygText.<init>(ManageArtifactsAction.java:385)
at blackboard.webapps.bbcms.artifact.struts.ManageArtifactsAction.save(ManageArtifactsAction.java:195) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.dispatchMethod(DispatchAction.java:266)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.execute(DispatchAction.java:167)
at org.apache.struts.chain.commands.servlet.ExecuteAction.execute(ExecuteAction.java:53)
at org.apache.struts.chain.commands.AbstractExecuteAction.execute(AbstractExecuteAction.java:64)
at org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase.execute(ActionCommandBase.java:48)
at org.apache.commons.chain.impl.ChainBase.execute(ChainBase.java:191)
at org.apache.commons.chain.generic.LookupCommand.execute(LookupCommand.java:305) at org.apache.commons.chain.impl.ChainBase.execute(ChainBase.java:191)
Steps to Replicate
In a SaaS Environment:
Log into Blackboard Learn as a System Administrator
Create and access a Course
In the Control Panel click Files > [Course ID] > Create HTML Object
Click the HTML button in the VTBE toolbar
Enter a mail link and click Submit
ex: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">mail me</a>
Expected Behavior:
The HTML Object is created
Observed Behavior:
An error is displayed:
An error occurred. Contact the System Administrator.
For reference, the Error ID is xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.
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Target Release
Will Not Fix