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SebbASF commented on MANTTASKS-189: ----------------------------------- The solution is to ensure that the systemPath="path-to-jar" attribute is provided. Rather than crash with an NPE, the task should report that the systemPath is required. > NPE when using scope="system" > ----------------------------- > > Key: MANTTASKS-189 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MANTTASKS-189 > Project: Maven 2.x Ant Tasks > Issue Type: Bug > Components: dependencies task > Affects Versions: 2.1.0 > Reporter: SebbASF > > Using scope="system": > <artifact:dependencies> > <dependency groupId="commons-logging" artifactId="commons-logging" > version="1.1.1" scope="system"/> > </artifact:dependencies> > causes NPE: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:222) > at > org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.createArtifacts(MavenMetadataSource.java:445) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.ant.DependenciesTask.doExecute(DependenciesTask.java:186) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.ant.AbstractArtifactTask.execute(AbstractArtifactTask.java:721) > at > org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291) > at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > at > org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:390) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:411) > at > org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1397) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1366) > at > org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1249) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:801) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:218) > at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:280) > at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:109) -- 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