A NullPointerException is thrown when exporting a dataTable that uses column filtering and a paginator. Can be reproduce in the comps-suite by adding the dataExporter to the dataTable.xhtml page. Exception stack trace:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.icefaces.ace.component.datatable.DataTableRenderer.decodeFilters(DataTableRenderer.java:208)
at org.icefaces.ace.component.datatable.DataTableRenderer.decode(DataTableRenderer.java:66)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.decode(UIComponentBase.java:787)
at javax.faces.component.UIData.processDecodes(UIData.java:1162)
at org.icefaces.ace.component.datatable.DataTable.processDecodes(DataTable.java:501)
at javax.faces.component.UIForm.processDecodes(UIForm.java:225)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processDecodes(UIComponentBase.java:1176)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processDecodes(UIComponentBase.java:1176)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processDecodes(UIViewRoot.java:933)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ApplyRequestValuesPhase.execute(ApplyRequestValuesPhase.java:78)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:593)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:462)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:562)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:395)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:250)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:188)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:302)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)