[Smack-4.1] NullPointerException in roster push

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I’m using Smack 4.1.9, I know it’s not maintained any longer, but nevertheless maybe this issue is also present in latest version:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int java.lang.String.indexOf(int)' on a null object reference
       at org.jxmpp.util.XmppStringUtils.parseBareJid(XmppStringUtils.java:124)
       at org.jivesoftware.smack.roster.Roster$RosterPushListener.handleIQRequest(Roster.java:1416)
       at org.jivesoftware.smack.AbstractXMPPConnection$2.run(AbstractXMPPConnection.java:1061)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

It’s probably just a simple null pointer based on the fact that the connection is no yet bound maybe (AbstractXMPPConnection.user is null) - in that case the problem is on the server side, which is even more serious.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

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Indeed it looks like an IQ received over an unbound connection. Smack 4.2 will handle this more gracefully.

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