NullPointerException Thrown by Edit in Word

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Symptoms

NullPointerException is thrown when editing or saving content via "Edit in Word" using the Office Connector:

Cause:
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.benryan.servlet.webdav.PageAsDocResource.convertWordDocToWikiTxt(PageAsDocResource.java:40)
	at com.benryan.servlet.webdav.PageAsDocResource.saveData(PageAsDocResource.java:179)
	at com.benryan.servlet.webdav.SpaceResource.saveChildData(SpaceResource.java:97)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.resource.WebdavResourceServlet.doPut(WebdavResourceServlet.java:769)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.WebdavServlet.service(WebdavServlet.java:241)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.resource.WebdavResourceServlet.service(WebdavResourceServlet.java:822)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.WebdavServlet.service(WebdavServlet.java:218)

Cause

The bundled plugin Office Connector 1.11 has a known issue with Confluence 3.3. See the bug report at CONF-20339.

Workaround

Upgrade the Office Connector plugin to version 1.13 from Confluence Plugin Repository or download this version from this page.

Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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