Null pointer exception in RFA TS1 (7.6.1.L1), when decoding time series

@tdlc, I tried that instrument with RFA Java 8.x and can get data without issues. See attached screenshot:

Hello @tdlc,

I just tested example TimeSeriesTrend and was able to retrieve and to chart 3398.HK.

Firstly, if you are looking to retrieve time series data, I would not use this legacy example that uses deprecated interfaces and GUI, but instead, use a simpler OMM TimeSeriesConsole example.

If you require to use this specific example, I would make sure that the session you are passing is an SSL session, not RSSL, that user is permissioned via DACS to the content being requested, and that Market Data (not OMM) data dictionaries are either requested from the infra or, if loaded locally, are 100% in synch with the market data dictionaries on the infrastructure.

@Gurpreet.

@zoya.farberov

Thanks for the reply. The GUI is able to display some data, but you still get the exception on stderr (unless our problem is in our TREP installation).

Could you please send the messages printed to the stderr/stdout by the example so I can compare?

To clarify, I checked the TimeSeriesTrend example because we get this exception in our application, I am not writing a new application, I just wanted to make sure our application was decoding the data in the right way, and it is doing exactly the same as in the example.

Unfortunately migrating to OMM is currently not an option, that's why the need to make this work properly with this specific version of RFA.

Thanks in advance

@zoya.farberov

How can I get the dictionaries on the infrastructure?, where are they located?

@tdlc Console output as requested by you. Please note that I am using my local data dictionaries for decoding the data:

>>>java -classpath .\;..\Libs\rfa.jar com.reuters.rfa.example.omm.idn.tstrend.TimeSeriesTrend -rdmFieldDictionary ..\etc\RDM\RDMFieldDictionary -enumType ..\etc\RDM\enumtype.def -session ADS::Session1 -serviceName ELEKTRON_AD
Successfully acquired session: ADS::Session1
May 23, 2019 9:38:19 AM com.reuters.rfa.internal.session.omm.OMMInteractiveLoginStatusProvider processOpenStreamForRefresh
WARNING: com.reuters.rfa.session.ADS.Session1
Connection ADS::ADS2 does not support Pause/Resume. Pause and Resume requests for this connection will be ignored.

May 23, 2019 9:38:19 AM com.reuters.rfa.internal.session.omm.OMMInteractiveLoginStatusProvider processOpenStreamForRefresh
WARNING: com.reuters.rfa.session.ADS.Session1
Connection ADS::ADS2 does not support optimized Pause/Resume. Optimized Pause/Resume requests will be converted to individual item Pause/Resume requests for this connection.

MESSAGE
  Msg Type: MsgType.REFRESH_RESP
  Msg Model Type: LOGIN
  Indication Flags: REFRESH_COMPLETE
  Hint Flags: HAS_ATTRIB_INFO | HAS_ITEM_GROUP | HAS_RESP_TYPE_NUM | HAS_STATE
  State: OPEN, SUSPECT, NONE,  "All connections pending"
  Group: 0000
  RespTypeNum: 0 (RespType.SOLICITED)
  AttribInfo
    Name: gsbal
    NameType: 1 (USER_NAME)
    Attrib
      ELEMENT_LIST
        ELEMENT_ENTRY ApplicationId: 256
        ELEMENT_ENTRY Position: 10.116.81.180/Carbon2
        ELEMENT_ENTRY AllowSuspectData: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SingleOpen: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportBatchRequests: 7
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportOptimizedPauseResume: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportPauseResume: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportViewRequests: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportEnhancedSymbolList: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportOMMPost: 1
  Payload: None
MESSAGE
  Msg Type: MsgType.STATUS_RESP
  Msg Model Type: LOGIN
  Indication Flags:
  Hint Flags: HAS_ATTRIB_INFO | HAS_STATE
  State: OPEN, OK, NONE, "Login accepted by host cil-ads2."
  AttribInfo
    Name: gsbal
    NameType: 1 (USER_NAME)
    Attrib
      ELEMENT_LIST
        ELEMENT_ENTRY ApplicationId: 256
        ELEMENT_ENTRY ApplicationName: ADS
        ELEMENT_ENTRY Position: 10.116.81.180/Carbon2
        ELEMENT_ENTRY ProvidePermissionExpressions: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY ProvidePermissionProfile: 0
        ELEMENT_ENTRY AllowSuspectData: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SingleOpen: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportBatchRequests: 7
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportOptimizedPauseResume: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportPauseResume: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportViewRequests: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportEnhancedSymbolList: 1
        ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportOMMPost: 1
  Payload: None
MESSAGE
  Msg Type: MsgType.REFRESH_RESP
  Msg Model Type: DIRECTORY
  Indication Flags: REFRESH_COMPLETE
  Hint Flags: HAS_ATTRIB_INFO | HAS_ITEM_GROUP | HAS_RESP_TYPE_NUM | HAS_STATE
  State: OPEN, OK, NONE, ""
  Group: 0000
  RespTypeNum: 0 (RespType.SOLICITED)
  AttribInfo
    Filter: 3 (INFO | STATE)
  Payload: 293 bytes
    MAP
    flags:
      MAP_ENTRY (Action.ADD) :
      flags:
      Key: ELEKTRON_AD
      Value:
        FILTER_LIST
        flags:
          FILTER_ENTRY 1 (Action.SET) :
          flags:
            ELEMENT_LIST
              ELEMENT_ENTRY Name: ELEKTRON_AD
              ELEMENT_ENTRY Vendor: Thomson Reuters
              ELEMENT_ENTRY Capabilities:
                ARRAY
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 5
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 6
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 7
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 8
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 9
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 10
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 11
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 13
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 18
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 19
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 20
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 21
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 23
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 24
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 25
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 26
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 28
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 33
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: 126
              ELEMENT_ENTRY DictionariesProvided:
                ARRAY
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: RWFFld
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: RWFEnum
              ELEMENT_ENTRY DictionariesUsed:
                ARRAY
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: RWFFld
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: RWFEnum
              ELEMENT_ENTRY QoS:
                ARRAY
                  ARRAY_ENTRY: (RT, TbT)
              ELEMENT_ENTRY SupportsQoSRange: 0
              ELEMENT_ENTRY ServiceID: 356
          FILTER_ENTRY 2 (Action.SET) :
          flags:
            ELEMENT_LIST
              ELEMENT_ENTRY ServiceState: 1
              ELEMENT_ENTRY AcceptingRequests: 1
Received dictionary: RWFEnum
Enum Dictionary Refresh is complete
Received dictionary: RWFFld
Field Dictionary Refresh is complete
TimeSeries: Requesting series for symbol 3398.HK:
   Period: Daily, NumSamples: 90

Hello @tdlc

The API development team can replicate the issue with the same RFA Java example. The team is working on this issue.