Bug 38264276 - NPE : Cannot invoke "com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.service.grid.ProxyService.getAcceptor()" because "proxyService" is null (14.1.2.0 cl 118193 --> 14.1.2.0 CE)

[git-p4: depot-paths = "//dev/coherence-ce/release/coherence-ce-v14.1.2.0/": change = 118265]

Author: fryp

prj/coherence-core-components/src/main/java/com/tangosol/coherence/component/net/management/model/localModel/ServiceModel.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
  * https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
@@ -2124,6 +2124,12 @@ public boolean isReady()
                 {
                 service = ((SafeProxyService) service).getService();
                 }
+            // the service is likely null because it failed to start and
+            // there should already be error log messages for the startup failure
+            if (service == null)
+                {
+                return false;
+                }
             ProxyService       proxyService = (ProxyService) service;
             ConnectionAcceptor acceptor     = proxyService.getAcceptor();
             fReady = proxyService.isStarted() && acceptor != null && acceptor.isRunning();