[Building Sakai] issues regarding publishing test

[Aatish Thakre]

HI All,
i am using sakai 2.8.1  I deployed the test and quizzes tool it
creates test successfully bur when i publish it gives the exception
stack trace i have print here

org.sakaiproject.portal.api.PortalHandlerException:
org.sakaiproject.tool.api.ToolException
at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doPost(ToolHandler.java:73)
caused by: org.sakaiproject.tool.api.ToolException
at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.forwardTool(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1429)
caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.ui.listener.author.AuthorSettingsListener.processAction(AuthorSettingsListener.java:104)
at org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.ui.listener.author.ActionSelectListener.processValueChange(ActionSelectListener.java:88)
at javax.faces.event.ValueChangeEvent.processListener(ValueChangeEvent.java:103)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.broadcast(UIComponentBase.java:649)
at javax.faces.component.UIInput.broadcast(UIInput.java:486)
at javax.faces.component.UIData.broadcast(UIData.java:657)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java:249)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processValidators(UIViewRoot.java:343)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ProcessValidationsPhase.execute(ProcessValidationsPhase.java:78)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:200)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:90)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:197)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.sakaiproject.util.RequestFilter.doFilter(RequestFilter.java:598)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:659)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:457)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:395)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:311)
at org.sakaiproject.jsf.util.SamigoJsfTool.dispatch(SamigoJsfTool.java:301)
at org.sakaiproject.jsf.util.JsfTool.doPost(JsfTool.java:256)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:659)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:457)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:359)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:311)
at org.sakaiproject.tool.impl.ActiveToolComponent$MyActiveTool.forward(ActiveToolComponent.java:511)
at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.forwardTool(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1429)
at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doTool(ToolHandler.java:204)
at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doGet(ToolHandler.java:96)
at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doPost(ToolHandler.java:73)
at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.doPost(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1224)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.sakaiproject.util.RequestFilter.doFilter(RequestFilter.java:659)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:843)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:679)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1303)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

any help suggestion is appriciated

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Thanks/Regards
Aatish Thakre