fix(behavior): reject null children in behavior tree JSON at load time - #5366
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A malformed behavior tree (e.g. a stray/trailing comma producing a null array entry, or an explicit "child": null) parsed "successfully" with a silent null child, then crashed later with an unrelated NPE deep in tree execution/copying - SelectorNode#deepCopy or DefaultBehaviorTreeRunner#injectDelegates, depending on when the null child got touched. Root cause: Gson resolves JSON null straight to Java null without invoking BehaviorTreeBuilder's custom deserializer, so nothing ever validated the result before inserting it as a child. Now BehaviorTreeBuilder.getCompositeNode throws a JsonParseException naming the parent node and, for composite children, the index - turning a confusing deep-engine NPE into an immediate, actionable error at load time. Fixes #5099
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ChangesBehavior tree validation and repair
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The repair utility may fail to create a backup when a dangling .bak symlink already occupies the candidate name, leaving that malformed behavior-tree repair incomplete; this is a bounded edge-case correctness risk requiring owner follow-up, but it is not a broad merge blocker. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AssetLoader
participant BehaviorTreeFormat
participant BehaviorTreeBuilder
AssetLoader->>BehaviorTreeFormat: load behavior-tree asset
BehaviorTreeFormat->>BehaviorTreeBuilder: parse JSON stream
BehaviorTreeBuilder-->>BehaviorTreeFormat: return tree or JsonParseException
BehaviorTreeFormat-->>AssetLoader: return tree or IOException
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participant CommandLine
participant BehaviorTreeRepairTool
participant FileSystem
CommandLine->>BehaviorTreeRepairTool: repair file paths
BehaviorTreeRepairTool->>FileSystem: read behavior-tree JSON
BehaviorTreeRepairTool->>BehaviorTreeRepairTool: remove null array entries and record unfixable issues
BehaviorTreeRepairTool->>FileSystem: create versioned backup and atomically replace file
BehaviorTreeRepairTool-->>CommandLine: report repair status
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- Around line 42-48: Add a regression test alongside
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The previous commit turned the silent-null-child bug into a clear JsonParseException, but that's unchecked - gestalt's asset loader (AssetType.reload, via a PrivilegedExceptionAction) only isolates a single asset's load failure to a log line and an empty Optional for *checked* exceptions. An unchecked exception sails straight past that net and aborts whatever triggered the load - in practice, the whole game, since BehaviorSystem.initialise() eagerly loads every .behavior asset from every module at startup. BehaviorTreeFormat.load(ResourceUrn, List<AssetDataFile>) already declares "throws IOException" for exactly this purpose. Catch the JsonParseException there and rethrow as IOException (urn + cause preserved) so a malformed tree now just fails to load - logged by gestalt as "Failed to load asset '<urn>'", already-handled by BehaviorSystem's existing isPresent() check - instead of crashing the game.
CodeRabbit review on #5366: nullChildInDecoratorFailsLoudlyInsteadOfLater only covered an explicit "child": null, not an entirely missing key. Both already fail the same way (context.deserialize(null, ...) resolves to Java null just like a JsonNull element does) - this just adds the coverage, no production code change.
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Filed the general fix upstream in gestalt itself, since the unchecked-exception gap that made this crash the whole game isn't specific to behavior trees: MovingBlocks/gestalt#169 |
Follow-up to the load-time rejection added earlier in this PR: once a malformed tree fails to load with a clear message, a content author still has to go find and remove the offending comma by hand. This does that mechanically instead. BehaviorTreeRepairTool walks the raw JSON (via Gson's own parser, not regex on text, so it can't misfire inside a quoted string) and strips phantom null entries from composite child arrays - the array slot a stray/trailing comma produces never represented a real child (nothing sits between the comma and the closing bracket), so removing it loses nothing. An explicit "child": null on a decorator is a different, *not* safely fixable case - a real child was supposed to be there and there's no way to guess what it should have been - so those are reported, not touched, and the file is left untouched if that's the only issue found. repair(Path) backs up the original alongside as <name>.bak before writing. Includes a main() CLI entry point, since a file broken this way stops the game from starting - fixing it can't be an in-game action.
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- Around line 99-101: Update the repair flow in BehaviorTreeRepairTool to
preserve an existing .bak by creating the backup without replacement (or using a
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CodeRabbit review: repair() overwrote an existing .bak unconditionally and wrote the repaired JSON straight to the source file - a failure partway through either write could destroy a prior backup or leave the source file truncated. - Back up to the first free <name>.bak / .bak.1 / .bak.2 / ... instead of always <name>.bak, so a repeat run (or someone's own .bak already sitting there) is never silently clobbered. - Write the repaired JSON to a temp file in the same directory first, then move it over the source atomically (ATOMIC_MOVE) - a crash mid-write leaves either the old file or the new one, never a partial one. Adds tests for both: an existing backup survives untouched and a versioned one is created instead, and a successful repair leaves exactly the source file plus one backup behind (no stray temp file).
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42-50: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winVerify that composite cleanup produces no unfixable issues.
This test checks that one array entry was removed and that the result parses. It does not check
result.unfixableIssues. AddassertTrue(result.unfixableIssues.isEmpty())so the test also verifies that the cleaned tree is safe to repair.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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62-68: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAssert the diagnostic content.
assertFalse(result.unfixableIssues.isEmpty())allows any message to pass. Assert that the reported issue identifies theinvertdecorator and its nullchild, matching the required malformed-child feedback.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 120-126: Update nextFreeBackupPath to check candidate existence
with LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS, so dangling symbolic links reserve backup names;
add a test covering a dangling .bak symlink and verifying that a suffixed backup
path is selected.
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- Around line 42-50: Extend explicitNullInCompositeArrayIsRemoved to assert that
result.unfixableIssues is empty after cleaning, alongside the existing
change-count and parsed-tree assertions.
- Around line 62-68: Strengthen
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reported unfixable issue message identifies the invert decorator and its null
child, rather than only checking that the issue list is nonempty.
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| private static Path nextFreeBackupPath(Path file) { | ||
| Path candidate = file.resolveSibling(file.getFileName() + ".bak"); | ||
| int suffix = 1; | ||
| while (Files.exists(candidate)) { | ||
| candidate = file.resolveSibling(file.getFileName() + ".bak." + suffix); | ||
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Treat a dangling backup symlink as an occupied backup name.
Files.exists(candidate) follows symbolic links by default. A dangling <file>.bak symlink therefore appears absent, but CREATE_NEW fails because the directory entry exists. Use Files.exists(candidate, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS) and add a test for this case.
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around lines 120 - 126, Update nextFreeBackupPath to check candidate existence
with LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS, so dangling symbolic links reserve backup names;
add a test covering a dangling .bak symlink and verifying that a suffixed backup
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… class InnerTypeLast: Result was declared right after the constructor, ahead of the static methods that use it. 5 info-severity findings, one per method after it - checkstyle wants inner types after fields/methods. No functional change. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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"child": null) parsed "successfully" with a silentnullchild, then crashed the whole game later with an unrelated NPE deep in tree execution/copying (SelectorNode#deepCopy,DefaultBehaviorTreeRunner#injectDelegates) depending on when the null child got touched.nullstraight to Javanullwithout ever invokingBehaviorTreeBuilder's custom deserializer, so nothing validated the result before inserting it as a child.BehaviorTreeBuilder.getCompositeNodenow throws aJsonParseExceptionnaming the parent node type (and, for composite children, the array index) as soon as a null child is detected.AssetType.reload, via aPrivilegedExceptionAction) only isolates a single asset's load failure - log + emptyOptional- for checked exceptions. Unchecked exceptions sail past that net and abort whatever triggered the load, which for behavior trees isBehaviorSystem.initialise()eagerly loading every.behaviorasset in every module at game startup - hence a full crash.BehaviorTreeFormat.load(ResourceUrn, List<AssetDataFile>)already declaresthrows IOExceptionfor exactly this purpose, so the fix catches theJsonParseExceptionthere and rethrows asIOException(urn + cause preserved).Failed to load asset '<urn>'with the exact node/index in the cause chain, already handled byBehaviorSystem's existingisPresent()check - instead of crashing the game.Test plan
BehaviorTreeBuilderTest: valid tree still parses; a null entry in a composite's child array throws with node type + index; a null decorator child throws with the decorator's name.BehaviorTreeFormatTest: loading a malformed tree through the realAssetFileFormatentry point throws the checkedIOExceptiongestalt expects (urn + node name in the message), not an unchecked one.:engine-tests:unitTest --tests "org.terasology.engine.logic.behavior.*"- all green, no regressions in existing Selector/Sequence/Parallel/DynamicSelector tests.Related