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Marco Rothe commented on ARCHETYPE-531: --------------------------------------- I encountered the same problem today: The missing 'modules' tag in a pluginManagment section causes a nullpointer. :( Is there any (planned) progress on this bug? > NullPointerException when module not specified or config empty in EAR plugin > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: ARCHETYPE-531 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARCHETYPE-531 > Project: Maven Archetype > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Creator > Affects Versions: 3.0.1 > Reporter: Klemen > Priority: Major > > Missing <modules> tag in ear config causes null pointer. pom sample: > {code:java} > <build> > <pluginManagement> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId> > <version>${ear.plugin}</version> > <configuration> > <version>7</version> > <fileNameMapping>no-version</fileNameMapping> > </configuration> > </plugin> > ... > {code} > Stacktrace after adding e.printStackTrace(); to FilesetArchetypeCreator, line > 303: > {code:java} > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.creator.FilesetArchetypeCreator.rewriteEARPluginReferences(FilesetArchetypeCreator.java:721) > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.creator.FilesetArchetypeCreator.rewritePluginReferences(FilesetArchetypeCreator.java:712) > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.creator.FilesetArchetypeCreator.rewriteReferences(FilesetArchetypeCreator.java:619) > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.creator.FilesetArchetypeCreator.createArchetypePom(FilesetArchetypeCreator.java:908) > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.creator.FilesetArchetypeCreator.createPoms(FilesetArchetypeCreator.java:573) > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.creator.FilesetArchetypeCreator.createArchetype(FilesetArchetypeCreator.java:241) > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.DefaultArchetypeManager.createArchetypeFromProject(DefaultArchetypeManager.java:64) > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateArchetypeFromProjectMojo.execute(CreateArchetypeFromProjectMojo.java:257) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:207) > 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:128) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:307) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:193) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:106) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:863) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:288) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:199) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > 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) > {code} > In same file on line 303, I believe catching any Exception and rethrowing a > MojoFailureException is not really helpful to anyone since it hides the > actual cause and you have to dig deep into the code to find it. At least it > should be made more verbose. This is what is being thrown: > {code:java} > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute > goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1:create-from-project > (default-cli) on project myproject-was: null > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:212) > 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:128) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:307) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:193) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:106) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:863) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:288) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:199) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > 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.MojoFailureException > at > org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateArchetypeFromProjectMojo.execute(CreateArchetypeFromProjectMojo.java:262) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:207) > ... 20 more > {code} > Similar reference form 2 years ago: > https://myshittycode.com/2015/08/05/maven-archetype-plugin-failed-to-execute-goal-org-apache-maven-pluginsmaven-archetype-plugin2-3create-from-project/ -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)