systemProperties and NPE ------------------------ Key: MSUREFIRE-80 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MSUREFIRE-80 Project: Maven 2.x Surefire Plugin Type: Bug
Reporter: Jason Dillon Priority: Blocker I've got in my pom: {code} <properties> <jdbc.schema></jdbc.schema> </properties> {code} And then configured the surefire plugin to set a system property: {code} <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <systemProperties> <dbunit.connection.schema>${jdbc.schema}</dbunit.connection.schema> </systemProperties> </configuration> </plugin> {code} Which ends up resulting in: {noformat} [DEBUG] (f) systemProperties = {dbunit.connection.schema=null} ... [DEBUG] Trace java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:393) at java.util.Properties.setProperty(Properties.java:102) at java.lang.System.setProperty(System.java:656) at org.apache.maven.test.SurefirePlugin.processSystemProperties(SurefirePlugin.java:408) at org.apache.maven.test.SurefirePlugin.execute(SurefirePlugin.java:335) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:415) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:531) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:485) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:455) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:303) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:270) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:139) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:322) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:249) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) {noformat} If I put any value into the property, like {code} <properties> <jdbc.schema>foo</jdbc.schema> </properties> {code} Then it works as expected, no NPE and the property gets set. But I need to set the property to an empty string... why on earth does this get turned into a null? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira