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Michal Koziorowski commented on MCHECKSTYLE-287: ------------------------------------------------ Hi. I just spot this problem in 2.17 version. I have very similar configuration to [~ahoehma] (checkstyle rules configuration file in dependency) but his workaround does not work for me. > checkstyle report throws NPE > ---------------------------- > > Key: MCHECKSTYLE-287 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-287 > Project: Maven Checkstyle Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.13, 2.14 > Reporter: Thomas Scheffler > Attachments: patch1.diff > > > I don't know what triggers this bug. Somehow > org.apache.maven.plugin.checkstyle.AbstractCheckstyleReport.collectArtifacts(String) > produces a List which contains the null object. And therefor an exception is > thrown here (2.14): > {noformat} > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site (default-site) on project > oaipmh: Execution default-site of goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site failed. > NullPointerException -> [Help 1] > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute > goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site (default-site) on > project oaipmh: Execution default-site of goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site failed. > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:224) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:355) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:584) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:216) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:160) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356) > Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution > default-site of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site > failed. > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:143) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208) > ... 19 more > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.checkstyle.exec.DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.configureResourceLocator(DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java:852) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.checkstyle.exec.DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.executeCheckstyle(DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java:102) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.checkstyle.AbstractCheckstyleReport.executeReport(AbstractCheckstyleReport.java:474) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.checkstyle.CheckstyleReport.executeReport(CheckstyleReport.java:156) > at > org.apache.maven.reporting.AbstractMavenReport.generate(AbstractMavenReport.java:255) > at > org.apache.maven.plugins.site.ReportDocumentRenderer.renderDocument(ReportDocumentRenderer.java:219) > at > org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.DefaultSiteRenderer.renderModule(DefaultSiteRenderer.java:319) > at > org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.DefaultSiteRenderer.render(DefaultSiteRenderer.java:135) > at > org.apache.maven.plugins.site.SiteMojo.renderLocale(SiteMojo.java:175) > at org.apache.maven.plugins.site.SiteMojo.execute(SiteMojo.java:138) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:132) > ... 20 more > {noformat} > Looking at the code, you see a null check is done for the list, bit not for > elements of that list: > {noformat} > // MCHECKSTYLE-225: load licenses from additional artifacts, not from > classpath > if ( additionalArtifacts != null ) > { > for ( Artifact licenseArtifact : additionalArtifacts ) > { > try > { > resourceManager.addSearchPath( "jar", "jar:" + > licenseArtifact.getFile().toURI().toURL() ); > } > catch ( MalformedURLException e ) > { > // noop > } > } > } > {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)