Description:
Description:
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TIBCO IntegrationManager engine fails to start, throwing the error “AEIM-200000 Null pointer exception”. This occurs if other TIBCO Rendezvous (RV) libraries (such as  tibnative) is loaded before tibrvj.jar .
Symptoms:
Symptoms:
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TIBCO IntegrationManager (IM) engine log shows the following error:
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2008 Feb 25 16:04:42:634 GMT -6 TIBIM.5.0.2V10.features_channel Error [IM_CORE] AEIM-200000
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:811)
        at com.tibco.tibrv.Tibrv.setStringEncoding(Tibrv.java:299)
        at com.tibco.tibrv.TibrvMsg.setStringEncoding(TibrvMsg.java:162)
        at com.tibco.im.BusPropFiller.handleConfigEvent(BusPropFiller.java:97)
        at com.tibco.im.BusPropFiller.<init>(BusPropFiller.java:78)
        at com.tibco.im.IMEngine.<init>(IMEngine.java:205)
        at com.tibco.im.IMSe.main(IMSe.java:196)
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Cause:

Cause:
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The loading order of Rendezvous (RV) libraries varies on different platforms. In a situation when other RV libraries are loaded before tibrvj.jar, then the result may cause the Integration Manager to the error.