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Null pointer exception on actor initialization (when using F#)

See original GitHub issue

Expected Behavior

I have a service that registers an actor. On dapr run the service should start without errors.

Actual Behavior

With the following command:

 dapr run --app-id actors --app-port 3000 dotnet run

A null pointer exception is thrown:

== APP == Unhandled exception. System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'fieldName')
== APP ==    at System.Reflection.Emit.FieldBuilder..ctor(TypeBuilder typeBuilder, String fieldName, Type type, Type[] requiredCustomModifiers, Type[] optionalCustomModifiers, FieldAttributes attributes)
== APP ==    at System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineFieldNoLock(String fieldName, Type type, Type[] requiredCustomModifiers, Type[] optionalCustomModifiers, FieldAttributes attributes)
== APP ==    at System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineField(String fieldName, Type type, Type[] requiredCustomModifiers, Type[] optionalCustomModifiers, FieldAttributes attributes)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.MethodBodyTypesBuilder.BuildRequestBodyType(ICodeBuilderNames codeBuilderNames, CodeBuilderContext context, MethodDescription methodDescription)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.MethodBodyTypesBuilder.Build(ICodeBuilderNames codeBuilderNames, CodeBuilderContext context, MethodDescription methodDescription)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.MethodBodyTypesBuilder.Build(InterfaceDescription interfaceDescription)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.ActorCodeBuilder.BuildMethodBodyTypes(Type interfaceType)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.ActorCodeBuilder.Dapr.Actors.Builder.ICodeBuilder.GetOrBuildMethodBodyTypes(Type interfaceType)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.MethodDispatcherBuilder`1.Build(InterfaceDescription interfaceDescription)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.ActorCodeBuilder.BuildMethodDispatcher(Type interfaceType)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.ActorCodeBuilder.Dapr.Actors.Builder.ICodeBuilder.GetOrBuilderMethodDispatcher(Type interfaceType)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Builder.ActorCodeBuilder.GetOrCreateMethodDispatcher(Type actorInterfaceType)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Communication.ActorMethodDispatcherMap..ctor(IEnumerable`1 interfaceTypes)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Runtime.ActorManager..ctor(ActorService actorService)
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.Runtime.ActorRuntime.RegisterActor[TActor](Func`2 actorServiceFactory)
== APP ==    at Actors.Program.CreateHostBuilder@17-1.Invoke(ActorRuntime actorRuntime) in /home/akkie/projects/dapr-vote/actors/Program.fs:line 18
== APP ==    at Dapr.Actors.AspNetCore.WebHostBuilderExtensions.UseActors(IWebHostBuilder hostBuilder, Action`1 configureActorRuntime)
== APP ==    at Actors.Program.CreateHostBuilder@14.Invoke(IWebHostBuilder webBuilder) in /home/akkie/projects/dapr-vote/actors/Program.fs:line 15
== APP ==    at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.GenericHostBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<ConfigureWebHostDefaults>b__0(IWebHostBuilder webHostBuilder)
== APP ==    at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.GenericHostWebHostBuilderExtensions.ConfigureWebHost(IHostBuilder builder, Action`1 configure)
== APP ==    at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.GenericHostBuilderExtensions.ConfigureWebHostDefaults(IHostBuilder builder, Action`1 configure)
== APP ==    at Actors.Program.CreateHostBuilder(String[] args) in /home/akkie/projects/dapr-vote/actors/Program.fs:line 13
== APP ==    at Actors.Program.main(String[] args) in /home/akkie/projects/dapr-vote/actors/Program.fs:line 26

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

Checkout https://github.com/PlanBGmbH/dapr-vote and execute the following command in the actors directory:

 dapr run --app-id actors --app-port 3000 dotnet run

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:6 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

akkiecommented, Jul 15, 2020

Method parameter names in F# interfaces are optional.

This declaration is valid but fails:

abstract Vote: Animal -> Task<Votes>

To workaround this issue, the method must be declared as:

 abstract Vote: animal: Animal -> Task<Votes>

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amanbhacommented, Jul 17, 2020

This seems like a bug that could be fixed though right? Is this a protocol limitation or just a bug in the IL generation code?

Yes, it can be seen as a bug when it comes to enabling F#. At this point core focus is to enable C# development and fix issues found for it.

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