mvn command gives a Null Pointer Exception after configuring plugins --------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MPLUGIN-16 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPLUGIN-16 Project: Maven 2.x Plugin Plugin Type: Bug Environment: Windows XP, Mavne 2.0.2 Reporter: Kin Leung Attachments: pom.xml I tried to use xdoclet with Maven 2.0.2 by adding those lines in pom.xml: <build> <finalName>bookstore-web</finalName> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>xdoclet</groupId> <artifactId>maven-xdoclet-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> <executions> <execution> <id>generate-deployment-decriptor</id> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <configuration> <fileset dir="src/main/java"> <include name="**/*.java"/> </fileset> <webdoclet> <destinationFile>web.xml</destinationFile> <destDir>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</destDir> </webdoclet> </configuration> <goals> <goal>webdoclet</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> After I saved the file and run mvn (mvn install and mvn clean), it gives me Null Pointer Exception: Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/xdoclet/maven-xdoclet-plugin/1.2/mave n-xdoclet-plugin-1.2.pom 159b downloaded Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/xdoclet/maven-xdoclet-plugin/1.2/mave n-xdoclet-plugin-1.2.jar 34K downloaded [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [ERROR] FATAL ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] null [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] Trace java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.addPlugin(DefaultPluginM anager.java:295) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyVersionedPlugin(De faultPluginManager.java:200) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPlug inManager.java:165) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(Defa ultLifecycleExecutor.java:1218) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.bindPluginToLifec ycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1182) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.constructLifecycl eMappings(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:950) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(Defau ltLifecycleExecutor.java:450) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHan dleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:303) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegmen ts(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:270) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLi fecycleExecutor.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(DelegatingMethodAcces sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) 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) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Looks like something is screwed up when maven attempts to run the plugin for generating the web.xml of my servlet. I didn't do anything on the settings.xml, does that matter? Also the documentation is por and in worse case the poor documentation offsets the benefits of the tool. -- 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