Error in WC dot 8 command window

Question

Hello -  I am struggling with this issue. I have created Managed Bean in WebCenter Portal Extension project (designwebcenterspaces) in Jdev 11.1.1.7 (just one method and register the bean request scope in faces-config).deployed the managed bean as WAR.  Managed Bean has OPSS API implementation and interacts with LDAP (against Default Provider in weblogic)
updated the weblogic.xml with the above shared library (managed bean name) and deployed as extend.spaces.war .. have restarted the servers as required
but as soon as i login to webcenter 8888 i get following error even before the home page show up..  Pl help what might go wrong OR is it a BUG in designwebcenterspaces ?
Following is the stack from webcenter managed server  command window I get the very moment I hit the URL http://localhost:8888/webcenter       in browser
<Mar 7, 2015 10:33:52 PM PST> <Warning> <oracle.adf.share.ADFContext> <BEA-00000
0> <Automatically initializing a DefaultContext for getCurrent.
Caller should ensure that a DefaultContext is proper for this use.
Memory leaks and/or unexpected behaviour may occur if the automatic initializati
on is performed improperly.
This message may be avoided by performing initADFContext before using getCurrent
For more information please enable logging for oracle.adf.share.ADFContext at FI
NEST level.>
<Mar 7, 2015 10:33:52 PM PST> <Warning> <oracle.webcenter.framework.view.support
.impl.DeviceSupportUtils> <BEA-000000> <
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundleImpl(ResourceBundle.java:1252)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(ResourceBundle.java:795)
        at oracle.webcenter.framework.view.support.impl.DeviceSupportUtils.getVa
lue(DeviceSupportUtils.java:214)
        at oracle.webcenter.framework.view.support.impl.DeviceSupportUtils.getSe
ededOptionalAttributes(DeviceSupportUtils.java:231)
        at oracle.webcenter.framework.view.support.impl.DeviceSupportUtils.getMa
tchingSeededAttr(DeviceSupportUtils.java:3640)
        at oracle.webcenter.framework.view.support.impl.DeviceSupportUtils.conve
rtSupportAttribtuesToAttribtues(DeviceSupportUtils.java:3608)
        at oracle.webcenter.framework.view.support.impl.DeviceSupportUtils.con

Answer 1

There are two more bugs filed in Dot8 & Dot8 BP4 respectively :
Bug 17173341 - NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION SEEN WHEN CREATING A PORTAL
Bug 19682876 - NPE AT STARTUP.
which are closed as a duplicate of the following bug pointed out by Kingsley_R
Bug 17528953 - PORTAL CREATION THROWS NPE IN LOGS: DEVICESUPPORTUTILS.GETVALUE
[ Source :: KM Note - NullPointerException seen in logs when starting up WebCenter Portal (Doc ID 1933824.1) ]
FYI, The exception seen in the bug 19682876 is the closest match to the stack trace or exception from your query.
The above bug 17528953 is already fixed in 11.1.1.9.0. You can request for a backport / one-off patch on top of Dot8 to see if it resolves the issue.
I hope it helps!