StackOverflowError in GrailsWebRequest.getControllerName

[Alvaro Sanchez-Mariscal]

Hi,

Sometimes, and with no apparent reason, I get a infinite loop of StackOverflowError's, resulting on gigas of logfiles :).

The application is a production one, usually stable, using Grails 1.1. The error is:

GRAVE: El Servlet.service() para servlet grails lanzó una excepción
java.lang.StackOverflowError
       at org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade.getAttribute(RequestFacade.java:263)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:222)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:222)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:222)
       [... tons of this one ...]
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:222)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:222)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:222)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequest.getControllerName(GrailsWebRequest.java:184)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2855.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:86)
        at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:234)
        at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:1584)
        at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.getProperty(ExpandoMetaClass.java:938)
        at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:3275)
        at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.getProperty(ExpandoMetaClass.java:951)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:158)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaClassGetPropertySite.callGetProperty(PojoMetaClassGetPropertySite.java:41)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.plugins.support.WebMetaUtils$_registerCommonWebProperties_closure10.doCall(WebMetaUtils.groovy:87)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor657.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:86)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:81)
        at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:234)
        at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:1584)
        at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.getProperty(ExpandoMetaClass.java:938)
        at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:3275)
        at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.getProperty(ExpandoMetaClass.java:951)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.filters.FilterConfig.getProperty(FilterConfig.groovy)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:153)
        at groovy.lang.Closure.getPropertyTryThese(Closure.java:187)
        at groovy.lang.Closure.getPropertyDelegateFirst(Closure.java:180)
        at groovy.lang.Closure.getProperty(Closure.java:165)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:153)
        at groovy.lang.Closure.getPropertyTryThese(Closure.java:187)
        at groovy.lang.Closure.getPropertyOwnerFirst(Closure.java:203)
        at groovy.lang.Closure.getProperty(Closure.java:173)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoGetPropertySite.getProperty(PogoGetPropertySite.java:47)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callGroovyObjectGetProperty(AbstractCallSite.java:240)
        at SecurityFilters$_closure1_closure2_closure6.doCall(SecurityFilters.groovy:12)
        [... thousand lines to follow ...]

In bold there is my class involved in this trace, a filter. Line 12 is:

                if (controllerName != 'auth') {

This usually works, but sometimes I get this error.

What may be happening?

Thanks in advance.

Alvaro.

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Alvaro Sanchez-Mariscal Arnaiz
Java EE Architect & Instructor
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[arecibo]

I am getting the same StackOverflowError. In my case, it happens when I call request.forwardURI in my SSL redirect filter. It's similar to OP's situation where the error occurs in a filter. I am using Grails 1.3.7. Below is part of my stack trace:

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:229)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:229)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getAttribute(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:229)
    at javax.servlet.ServletRequestWrapper.getAttribute(ServletRequestWrapper.java:82)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.util.WebUtils.getForwardURI(WebUtils.java:534)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.util.WebUtils$getForwardURI.call(Unknown Source)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.ServletsGrailsPlugin$_closure1_closure6.doCall(ServletsGrailsPlugin.groovy:80)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1255.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:90)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:80)
    at groovy.lang.MetaBeanProperty.getProperty(MetaBeanProperty.java:57)
    at groovy.lang.MetaBeanProperty$getProperty.call(Unknown Source)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.ServletsGrailsPlugin$_closure1_closure2.doCall(ServletsGrailsPlugin.groovy:44)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor275.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:90)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:80)
    at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.getProperty(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1109)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:161)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaClassGetPropertySite.callGetProperty(PojoMetaClassGetPropertySite.java:41)
    at SSLFilters.getRedirectURL(SSLFilters.groovy:62)
    at SSLFilters.this$2$getRedirectURL(SSLFilters.groovy)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor738.invoke(Unknown Source)

Does anyone else have the same problem?

Thanks!
Kenny

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In HTML this time... Hi, I've also just started getting this error. Our grails web app can remain stable for several days, then suddenly every single request that enters a particular controller's action closure causes the StackOverflow. A restart of the JVM clears the problem. We're using grails 1.3.7 with groovy 1.7.10 The Stack trace loop is: -- This bit loops

        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.getAt(DefaultGroovyMethods.java:5370)
        at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:1587)
        at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.getProperty(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1099)
        at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.getProperty(MetaClassImpl.java:3311)
        at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.getProperty(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1111)
        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:161)

-- End loop -- This bit is the entry point from out code.

        at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaClassGetPropertySite.callGetProperty(PojoMetaClassGetPropertySite.java:41)
        at com.bnpparibas.gmportal.cache.service.CacheFacade$_getAllGadgetDescriptors_closure1.doCall(CacheFacade.groovy:35)

-- CacheFacade.groovy line 35 is attempting to test the value gadgetDescriptor.gadgetApp.hidden, where gadgetDescriptor is an instance of a custom groovy object and gadgetApp is a field within it, which is an instance of a domain entity class. Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks, Simon