[SOLVED] error running ZimletHandler

[mlodick]

After installing a zimlet I wrote, and despite the fact that it seems to be working correctly, I'm seeing a message like this in mailbox.log every time an email comes in:

2008-08-15 17:17:20,106 INFO  [LmtpServer-228] [ip=192.168.4.41;] lmtp - Delivering message: size=2440 bytes, nrcpts=1, sender=mike+caf_=mike=z.lodick.com@lodick.com, msgid=<2740.20080
815181706@wiialerts.com>
2008-08-15 17:17:20,108 WARN  [LmtpServer-228] [name=mike@lodick.com;mid=10;] ParsedMessage - Unable to parse part 1 (, text/plain) of message with Message-ID <2740.20080815181706@wiia
lerts.com>.  Object will not be indexed.
com.zimbra.cs.object.ObjectHandlerException: error running ZimletHandler net_milodev_tiny
    at com.zimbra.cs.object.ObjectHandler.parse(ObjectHandler.java:114)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mime.MimeHandler.getObjects(MimeHandler.java:266)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mime.MimeHandler.getDocument(MimeHandler.java:245)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mime.ParsedMessage.analyzePart(ParsedMessage.java:1156)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mime.ParsedMessage.analyzeBodyParts(ParsedMessage.java:379)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mime.ParsedMessage.analyzeNonBodyParts(ParsedMessage.java:407)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mime.ParsedMessage.analyzeFully(ParsedMessage.java:460)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.Mailbox.addMessage(Mailbox.java:4525)
    at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.Mailbox.addMessage(Mailbox.java:4514)
    at com.zimbra.cs.filter.ZimbraMailAdapter.addMessage(ZimbraMailAdapter.java:395)
    at com.zimbra.cs.filter.ZimbraMailAdapter.doDefaultFiling(ZimbraMailAdapter.java:389)
    at com.zimbra.cs.filter.ZimbraMailAdapter.executeActions(ZimbraMailAdapter.java:268)
    at org.apache.jsieve.SieveFactory.evaluate(SieveFactory.java:159)
    at com.zimbra.cs.filter.RuleManager.applyRules(RuleManager.java:196)
    at com.zimbra.cs.lmtpserver.ZimbraLmtpBackend.deliverMessageToLocalMailboxes(ZimbraLmtpBackend.java:379)
    at com.zimbra.cs.lmtpserver.ZimbraLmtpBackend.deliver(ZimbraLmtpBackend.java:136)
    at com.zimbra.cs.lmtpserver.LmtpHandler.processMessageData(LmtpHandler.java:375)
    at com.zimbra.cs.lmtpserver.TcpLmtpHandler.continueDATA(TcpLmtpHandler.java:67)
    at com.zimbra.cs.lmtpserver.LmtpHandler.doDATA(LmtpHandler.java:364)
    at com.zimbra.cs.lmtpserver.LmtpHandler.processCommand(LmtpHandler.java:174)
    at com.zimbra.cs.lmtpserver.TcpLmtpHandler.processCommand(TcpLmtpHandler.java:61)
    at com.zimbra.cs.tcpserver.ProtocolHandler.processConnection(ProtocolHandler.java:160)
    at com.zimbra.cs.tcpserver.ProtocolHandler.run(ProtocolHandler.java:128)
    at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletException: null regex value
    at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletException.ZIMLET_HANDLER_ERROR(ZimletException.java:36)
    at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.handler.RegexHandler.match(RegexHandler.java:50)
    at com.zimbra.cs.object.ObjectHandler.parse(ObjectHandler.java:106)
    ... 24 more

The actual error varies slightly, but each time the "Caused by" message is the same - "com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletException: null regex value"

The only two references to regexes in my code are in the zimlet definition xml file, here:

...
<handlerObject>Net_Milodev_Tiny</handlerObject>
<serverExtension hasKeyword="tinyurl" extensionClass="com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.handler.RegexHandler"/>
<contentObject type="tinyurl">
  <matchOn>
    <regex attrs="ig">http:\/\/tnylnk.us\/(\w{6})</regex>
  </matchOn>
</contentObject>
...

and the javascript file, here:

...
Net_Milodev_Tiny.prototype._getHtmlContent =
function(html, idx, obj, context) {
	var escapedUrl = obj.replace(/\"/g, '\"');
	if (escapedUrl.substr(0, 4) == 'www.') {
		escapedUrl = "http://" + escapedUrl + "/";
	}
	html[idx++] = "<a target='_blank' href='";
	html[idx++] = escapedUrl;
	html[idx++] = "'>";
	html[idx++] = AjxStringUtil.htmlEncode(obj);
	html[idx++] = "</a>";
	return idx;
};
...

Sharp eyed observers will notice that I copied the last bit exactly from the com_zimbra_url zimlet, in order to get the tiny urls recognized to open in a new window, since I had to set the priority of this zimlet higher than the com_zimbra_url zimlet.

In searching the forums, I found 2 threads that obliquely reference similar problems, with no solutions (here and here).

Has anyone seen this before, or have an idea how to fix it? As I said, the zimlet appears to work correctly, but the errors are not exactly comforting.

Mike

[mlodick]

After talking to a Zimbra engineer, I was told that this error stemmed from not setting a ZIMLET_CONFIG_REGEX_VALUE in the globalConfig section in the config.xml file, while having the serverExtension element in the net_milodev_tiny.xml file.