[BUG] Hardcoded null in ChannelTableNode will ALWAYS throw an exception

[jonbartels]

Describe the bug See - https://github.com/nextgenhealthcare/connect/blob/e66d1122dbeebfcf5a8939beb93d720b2d5071fb/client/src/com/mirth/connect/client/ui/ChannelTableNode.java#L58-L88

Line 58 sets this.channelStatus = null; then on line 85 row[i++] = plugin.getTableData(channelStatus.getChannel()); will always throw an NPE.

The solution is to change line 85 to plugin.getTableData(groupStatus.getChannelGroup()); which will call the existing plugin method com.mirth.connect.plugins.ChannelColumnPlugin#getTableData(com.mirth.connect.model.ChannelGroup).

To Reproduce

1. Implement a com.mirth.connect.plugins.ChannelColumnPlugin or grab the one from https://github.com/jonbartels/mirth-connect-dashboard-count
2. Load the plugin
3. Launch MC from the Launcher with console enabled
4. View the Channels view
5. You'll see the NPE in console.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Any
• Java Distribution/Version Any
• Connect Version - Any version where com.mirth.connect.client.ui.ChannelTableNode exists. Dates back to 2016 and issue ["MIRTH-1243"] (https://github.com/nextgenhealthcare/connect/issues/1243)

Workaround(s) Are there one or more workarounds for this issue currently? - No.

Additional context Fixing this is required to make https://github.com/nextgenhealthcare/connect/issues/5152 implementable. Once this bug is fixed then implmenting a ChannelColumnPlugin to show listening ports becomes trivial.

https://github.com/nextgenhealthcare/connect/issues/1571 introduced the idea and it was rolled into #1243

[ChristopherSchultz]

Are you good if you set your plugin to "display first"?

[jonbartels]

I tried "display first"

This might be solvable but I suspect its got something hardcoded for the first column or index order. It may also be expecting the Image renderer too.

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Integer
	at com.mirth.connect.client.ui.ChannelPanel$15.isHighlighted(ChannelPanel.java:3346)
	at org.jdesktop.swingx.decorator.AbstractHighlighter.highlight(AbstractHighlighter.java:170)
	at org.jdesktop.swingx.decorator.CompoundHighlighter.doHighlight(CompoundHighlighter.java:235)
	at org.jdesktop.swingx.decorator.AbstractHighlighter.highlight(AbstractHighlighter.java:172)
	at org.jdesktop.swingx.JXTable.prepareRenderer(JXTable.java:3555)

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to com.mirth.connect.client.ui.CellData
	at com.mirth.connect.client.ui.ImageCellRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(ImageCellRenderer.java:44)
	at javax.swing.JTable.prepareRenderer(JTable.java:5729)
	at org.jdesktop.swingx.JXTable.prepareRenderer(JXTable.java:3545)
	at org.jdesktop.swingx.JXTreeTable.prepareRenderer(JXTreeTable.java:1385)

[twest-mirthconnect]

We are taking a look at the dashboard for 4.3 in March. I have bubbled this one up for the team to look into.

[pladesma]

The fix is pushed to the development branch

[jonbartels]

I did some testing with my plugin. I no longer encounter the error, however my plugin also does not add columns to the Channel list view. I suspect this is a bug in my plugin.

Are there any implementations of com.mirth.connect.plugins.ChannelColumnPlugin that I can review?

I am doing my best to provide testing and updates for this bug since NG devs took the time to fix it!!