UrlParamsChangedEvent handling of URL encoded characters produces errors

Hello,

When extracting parameters in UrlParamsChangedEvent that contains several characters other than spaces (%20), I receive errors. I was wondering if I’m doing something incorrectly.

Example URL encoded string:

http://localhost:8080/#main/accounts?customerName=Bob%20%26%20Linda%27s%20Burgers&customerNumber=20066121

This example produces an Index out of bounds error:

com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager$RpcInvocationException: Unable to invoke method popstate in com.vaadin.shared.ui.ui.UIServerRpc
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:157) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:115) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocation(ServerRpcHandler.java:442) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocations(ServerRpcHandler.java:407) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleRpc(ServerRpcHandler.java:275) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.UidlRequestHandler.synchronizedHandleRequest(UidlRequestHandler.java:83) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.SynchronizedRequestHandler.handleRequest(SynchronizedRequestHandler.java:40) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinService.handleRequest(VaadinService.java:1636) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinServlet.service(VaadinServlet.java:465) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:750) ~[javax.servlet-api-4.0.1.jar:4.0.1]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:227) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) ~[tomcat-embed-websocket-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at io.jmix.core.impl.logging.LogMdcFilter.doFilterInternal(LogMdcFilter.java:28) ~[jmix-core-1.4.4.jar:na]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:337) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:115) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:81) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:122) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:116) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:126) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:81) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:109) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:106) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:97) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:149) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:63) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(ConcurrentSessionFilter.java:147) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(ConcurrentSessionFilter.java:125) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:103) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:89) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doHeadersAfter(HeaderWriterFilter.java:90) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:75) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:112) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:82) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:55) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.session.DisableEncodeUrlFilter.doFilterInternal(DisableEncodeUrlFilter.java:42) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:346) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:221) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:186) ~[spring-security-web-5.7.6.jar:5.7.6]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:354) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:267) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:177) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:541) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:135) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:360) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:399) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:891) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1784) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.70.jar:9.0.70]
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) ~[na:na]
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) ~[na:na]
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:153) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	... 90 common frames omitted
Caused by: com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException: Invocation of method uriChanged in io.jmix.ui.AppUI$$Lambda$1367/0x00000008019925c0 failed.
	at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:729) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:399) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:363) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.Page.fireEvent(Page.java:725) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.server.Page.updateLocation(Page.java:1166) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	at com.vaadin.ui.UI$1.popstate(UI.java:202) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	... 95 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 1 out of bounds for length 1
	at io.jmix.ui.navigation.UrlTools.extractParams(UrlTools.java:236) ~[jmix-ui-1.4.4.jar:na]
	at io.jmix.ui.navigation.UrlTools.parseParamsRoute(UrlTools.java:220) ~[jmix-ui-1.4.4.jar:na]
	at io.jmix.ui.navigation.UrlTools.parseState(UrlTools.java:144) ~[jmix-ui-1.4.4.jar:na]
	at io.jmix.ui.navigation.UrlChangeHandler.handleUrlChange(UrlChangeHandler.java:105) ~[jmix-ui-1.4.4.jar:na]
	at io.jmix.ui.navigation.UrlChangeHandler$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$4834d39f.invoke(<generated>) ~[jmix-ui-1.4.4.jar:na]
	at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:218) ~[spring-core-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy.invokeMethod(CglibAopProxy.java:386) ~[spring-aop-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy.access$000(CglibAopProxy.java:85) ~[spring-aop-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(CglibAopProxy.java:704) ~[spring-aop-5.3.24.jar:5.3.24]
	at io.jmix.ui.navigation.UrlChangeHandler$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$fcc3ebee.handleUrlChange(<generated>) ~[jmix-ui-1.4.4.jar:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) ~[na:na]
	at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:709) ~[vaadin-server-8.14.3-1-jmix.jar:8.14.3-1-jmix]
	... 100 common frames omitted

Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null

Caused by: com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException: Invocation of method uriChanged in io.jmix.ui.AppUI$$Lambda$1367/0x00000008019925c0 failed.

Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 1 out of bounds for length 1

I can only guess that this is having a problem with the & (%26) character. How would you suggest I handle this?

Thank you,
Adam

Yes, it’s decoding the paramsString before splitting the parameters by & in UrlTools.java:

    protected Map<String, String> extractParams(String paramsString) {
        if (!PARAMS_PATTERN.matcher(paramsString).matches()) {
            log.info("Unable to extract params from the given params string: \"{}\"", paramsString);
            return Collections.emptyMap();
        }

        String decoded = URLEncodeUtils.decodeUtf8(paramsString);

        String[] paramPairs = decoded.split("&");
        Map<String, String> paramsMap = new LinkedHashMap<>(paramPairs.length);

        for (String paramPair : paramPairs) {
            String[] param = paramPair.split("=");
            paramsMap.put(param[0], param[1]);
        }

        return paramsMap;
    }

Hi,

Thank you for reporting the problem, I’ve created a GitHub issue.

Regards,
Gleb

Thanks Gleb! Is there a scheduled estimate as to when this bug will be fixed? It looks like it’s currently in the backlog with 33 other tasks, but my client is waiting on me to get this addressed. I’d like to have an idea of when they can expect normal functionality of URL parameters.

Thank you,
Adam

Can’t give any promises, I expect to see the fix in the next bugfix release Jmix v1.5.1. Meantime, since UrlTools is a bean, you can replace it with the custom implementation, or even make a PR with the fix.

Regards,
Gleb