mvn ant:ant fails with NPE when maven-javadoc-plugin custom tag is specified in pom.xml ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MANT-41 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MANT-41 Project: Maven 2.x Ant Plugin Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.1 Environment: Fedora 8 , Java SE 1.6.0_05-b13, Maven 2.0.9 Reporter: Earl Marwil Priority: Minor I recently added a custom javadoc tag to cross reference requirements and implementation. This is accommodated by the maven-javadoc-plugin as in the following snippet from my pom.xml: {code:xml} <reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <tags> <tag> <name>requirement</name> <placement>a</placement> <head>Software Requirement:</head> </tag> </tags> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </reporting> {code} When I run the maven-ant-plugin, it fails with a NullPointerException: {code} [INFO] [ant:ant] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] FATAL ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] null [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace java.lang.NullPointerException at org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter.escapeXml(PrettyPrintXMLWriter.java:151) at org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter.escapeXmlAttribute(PrettyPrintXMLWriter.java:166) at org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter.addAttribute(PrettyPrintXMLWriter.java:190) at org.apache.maven.plugin.ant.AntBuildWriterUtil.writeJavadocTask(AntBuildWriterUtil.java:539) at org.apache.maven.plugin.ant.AntBuildWriter.writeJavadocTarget(AntBuildWriter.java:991) at org.apache.maven.plugin.ant.AntBuildWriter.writeGeneratedBuildXml(AntBuildWriter.java:304) at org.apache.maven.plugin.ant.AntBuildWriter.writeBuildXmls(AntBuildWriter.java:113) at org.apache.maven.plugin.ant.AntMojo.execute(AntMojo.java:112) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:451) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:558) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:512) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:482) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:291) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.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(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) 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) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Thu Jun 05 13:11:49 MDT 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 5M/81M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ {code} The maven-ant-plugin works fine when the custom tag configuration is removed from the pom.xml file. -- 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