AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('abc(abc)') throws exception: ADMF0007E: target object is required - websphere

Question

I'm working on deploying application to WebSphere 7 using python script and the script is throwing exception at this line:-
AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('abc(abc)')
If I run the above command before I run the python script, it works fine. It gives me an error ADMF0003E: Invalid parameter value. But the same command fails in the python script with this error:
wsadmin>AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('abc(abc)')
WASX7015E: Exception running command: "AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('abc(abc)')"; exception information: com.ibm.websphere.management.cmdframework.CommandValidationException: ADMF0007E: target object is required.
I can guess that there something in the python script that is causing this issue, but I don't understand why is the AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints command is not able to see the parameter being passed. I'm new to WebSphere, I have only used it in past but never configured it. Any help/insight would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!
Added stack trace of interactive mode option
wsadmin>print AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('-interactive')
List NamedEndPoints that can be used by a TCPInboundChannel
Lists all NamedEndPoints that can be associated with a TCPInboundChannel
*TCPInboundChannel: abc(abc)
excludeDistinguished (excludeDistinguished): 0
WASX7435W: Value 0 is converted to a boolean value of false.
unusedOnly (unusedOnly): 0
WASX7435W: Value 0 is converted to a boolean value of false.
List NamedEndPoints that can be used by a TCPInboundChannel
F (Finish)
C (Cancel)
Select [F, C]: [F] F
WASX7278I: Generated command line: AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('[-excludeDistinguished false -unusedOnly false]')
WASX7015E: Exception running command: "AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('-interactive')"; exception information:
com.ibm.websphere.management.cmdframework.CommandValidationException: ADMF0007E: target object is required.

Answer 1

Follow this link. It appears that you have not specified the target object that's why that error is coming.
I suggest use the following command as a starter
print AdminTask.listTCPEndPoints('-interactive')
Note: Instead of copying and pasting the command, type it on the command line. sometimes command editor does not take the command after pasting it directly.

Answer 2

Okay, I was able to fix the error. I was getting that error because as part of the application deployment script, I was copying few of my application jars to WebSphere's java/jre/lib/ext directory so that those are available in classpath. In one of those jar, I had bundled an IBM class (Base64Coder.class) which was required by a class in my jar and it was corrupting the WebSphere AdminTask utility. When I removed that Base64Coder.class from my jar, python script worked fine. I believe, the reason it corrupted WebSphere was that there was a duplication of the same class in the JVM as the class comes with IBM WebSphere installation and was present in AppServer/runtimes/com.ibm.ws.webservices.thinclient_7.0.0.jar