Gary D. Gregory created MJAVADOC-793: ----------------------------------------
Summary: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.length()" because "text" is null Key: MJAVADOC-793 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-793 Project: Maven Javadoc Plugin Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.6.3 Reporter: Gary D. Gregory Plugin throws {{NullPointerException}} when running {{{}javadoc:javadoc{}}}. See: * Failing PR: https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/pull/528 * Build log: [https://github.com/apache/commons-compress/actions/runs/9113449616/job/25054982405?pr=528] Or: # git clone [https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-compress.git] # git checkout 542cc5a602a9128932e3fb75503383e481141e7e # Edit pom.xml and set the parent POM to version 70 # Run 'mvn javadoc:javadoc' causes: {noformat} [INFO] --- javadoc:3.6.3:javadoc (default-cli) @ commons-compress --- [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 8.434 s [INFO] Finished at: 2024-05-16T09:36:02-04:00 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.6.3:javadoc (default-cli) on project commons-compress: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.6.3:javadoc failed: Cannot invoke "String.length()" because "text" is null -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.6.3:javadoc (default-cli) on project commons-compress: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.6.3:javadoc failed: Cannot invoke "String.length()" because "text" is null at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute2 (MojoExecutor.java:333) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute (MojoExecutor.java:316) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:212) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:174) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.access$000 (MojoExecutor.java:75) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor$1.run (MojoExecutor.java:162) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.execute (DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.java:39) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:159) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:105) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:73) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:53) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:118) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:261) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:173) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:101) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:906) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:283) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:206) at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method) at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:568) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:283) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:226) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:407) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:348) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.6.3:javadoc failed: Cannot invoke "String.length()" because "text" is null at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:133) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute2 (MojoExecutor.java:328) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute (MojoExecutor.java:316) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:212) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:174) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.access$000 (MojoExecutor.java:75) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor$1.run (MojoExecutor.java:162) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.execute (DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.java:39) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:159) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:105) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:73) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:53) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:118) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:261) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:173) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:101) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:906) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:283) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:206) at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method) at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:568) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:283) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:226) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:407) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:348) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.length()" because "text" is null at org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.MXSerializer.writeElementContent (MXSerializer.java:912) at org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.MXSerializer.text (MXSerializer.java:780) at org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.options.io.xpp3.JavadocOptionsXpp3Writer.writeJavadocOptions (JavadocOptionsXpp3Writer.java:287) at org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.options.io.xpp3.JavadocOptionsXpp3Writer.write (JavadocOptionsXpp3Writer.java:81) at org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.AbstractJavadocMojo.buildJavadocOptions (AbstractJavadocMojo.java:6017) at org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.AbstractJavadocMojo.executeReport (AbstractJavadocMojo.java:1870) at org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.JavadocReport.generate (JavadocReport.java:135) at org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.JavadocReport.doExecute (JavadocReport.java:304) at org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.AbstractJavadocMojo.execute (AbstractJavadocMojo.java:1825) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:126) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute2 (MojoExecutor.java:328) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute (MojoExecutor.java:316) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:212) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:174) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.access$000 (MojoExecutor.java:75) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor$1.run (MojoExecutor.java:162) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.execute (DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.java:39) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:159) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:105) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:73) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:53) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:118) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:261) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:173) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:101) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:906) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:283) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:206) at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method) at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:568) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:283) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:226) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:407) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:348) {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)