java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.viltgroup.sdpm.utils.PortalUtil.isChannel(PortalUtil.java:182)
	at com.viltgroup.sdpm.utils.PortalUtil.getRequest(PortalUtil.java:76)
	at com.viltgroup.sdpm.portlets.ItemRegionPortlet.prepareObjects(ItemRegionPortlet.java:123)
	at com.viltgroup.sdpm.portlets.ItemRegionPortlet.render(ItemRegionPortlet.java:27)
	at com.plumtree.portlet.servlet.PortletServlet.service(PortletServlet.java:323)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1146)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:592)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:525)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:90)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:764)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1478)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:133)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:458)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:387)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:196)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:751)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:881)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1497)