Putting a HashMap in the portlet session

Question

I am trying to put a HashMap into a portlet session bean, so I am using this code
HashMap sectype = getSessionBean(request).getAccess();
               if (sectype == null){
               Security security = new Security();
               Vector secvec = security.findDistinctlevels(division, request.getUser().getID());
               Iterator i = secvec.iterator();
               while (i.hasNext()) {
                    sectype.put(i.next(),i);                                   
getSessionBean(request).setAccess(sectype);
it is falling over at the "if (sectype == null)" part. is there another way to test if the hashMap has been fullfilled by the session bean or I have to create one?

Answer 1

"Falling over"?