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W Herget commented on MCHECKSTYLE-288: -------------------------------------- I'm seeing this as well (albeit using checkstyle-plugin in the {{validate}} phase), and I'm using the recommended setup from http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/examples/multi-module-config.html#Configure_the_other_projects_to_use_it The problem also seems to depend on the build environment, which I find rather odd. An older version of maven works just fine: {noformat} Apache Maven 3.0.5 (r01de14724cdef164cd33c7c8c2fe155faf9602da; 2013-02-19 14:51:28+0100) Maven home: /Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans 8.0.2.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/java/maven Java version: 1.8.0_31, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.10.2", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" {noformat} whereas a newer one has this problem {noformat} Apache Maven 3.2.3 (33f8c3e1027c3ddde99d3cdebad2656a31e8fdf4; 2014-08-11T22:58:10+02:00) Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.2.3/libexec Java version: 1.8.0_31, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.10.2", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" {noformat} In my setup, I don't even use license header checks, so my resources project contains an empty LICENSE.txt file. I can fix the NPE by specifying {{/dev/null}} as the {{<headerLocation>}}, but that's obviously not portable. > NullPointerException during building a multi-module project > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MCHECKSTYLE-288 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-288 > Project: Maven Checkstyle Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.13, 2.14 > Environment: Apache Maven 3.2.5 > Reporter: Peter Jeszenszky > Attachments: geocoder-parent.zip > > > A NullPointerException is thrown during the execution of "mvn site" in a > multi-module project, that is clearly caused by the Maven Checkstyle Plugin. > The problem occurs when version 2.13 or 2.14 of the plugin is used, > everything works fine when the plugin version is downgraded to version 2.12. > I have attached a project in which the problem occurs. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.6#6162)