Null Pointer Exception when mirrorOf missing from mirror in settings.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MNG-3616 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3616 Project: Maven 2 Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.0.9 Reporter: Frank Adcock When attempting to generate any archetype from the mvn archetype:generate command I get a null pointer exception thrown if I have mirrors defined in my settings.xml file but fail to have the mirrorOf element set. The stack trace for the archetype generation is: Choose a number: (1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/2 4/25/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44) 15: : 6 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] : java.lang.NullPointerException null [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace org.apache.maven.BuildFailureException at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Defa ultLifecycleExecutor.java:579) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandalone Goal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:512) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(Defau ltLifecycleExecutor.java:482) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHan dleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegmen ts(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:227) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLi fecycleExecutor.java:142) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl. java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.execu te(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:202) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPlugi nManager.java:451) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Defa ultLifecycleExecutor.java:558) ... 16 more [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 7 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Wed May 28 17:49:39 EST 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 8M/14M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C:\Documents and Settings\frank\My Documents\Development\Sandbox>mvn -v Maven version: 2.0.9 Java version: 1.5.0_08 OS name: "windows xp" version: "5.1" arch: "x86" Family: "windows" The mirrored settings from the settings.xml file are: <mirrors> <mirror> <id>nexus-central</id> <url>http://maven.ho.bushlife.com.au:8081/nexus/content/groups/public</url> </mirror> </mirrors> As a user you receive a null pointer exception because of something missing in the settings.xml file. At the very least you should receive an error message indicating the problem. If you can have a situation where the mirrorOf setting is optional, then it should not be throwing a null pointer exception but handling it better. -- 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