NullPointer when Releasing without <configuration> node in the maven-release-plugin -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: CONTINUUM-1527 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CONTINUUM-1527 Project: Continuum Issue Type: Bug Components: Release Affects Versions: 1.1-beta-3 Reporter: Yudong Wang If a pom file contains following, which is correct: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> In the web ui, choose prepare release, this will cause NullPointerException at: org.apache.maven.continuum.web.action.ReleasePrepareAction.getReleasePluginParameters(ReleasePrepareAction.java:142) if ( plugin.getGroupId() != null && plugin.getGroupId().equals( "org.apache.maven.plugins" ) && plugin.getArtifactId() != null && plugin.getArtifactId().equals( "maven-release-plugin" ) ) { Xpp3Dom dom = (Xpp3Dom) plugin.getConfiguration(); line 142 Xpp3Dom configuration = dom.getChild( "releaseLabel" ); Cause: Since the plugin defines no <configuration> node, plugin.getConfiguration() returns null Workaround: add empty <configuration>, for example: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <!-- empty configuration node when we have nothing to configure, this is needed due a bug in continuum 1.1-beta-3 --> </configuration> </plugin> -- 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