NullPointerException in AbstractFixJavadocMojo.writeParamTag() --------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MJAVADOC-297 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJAVADOC-297 Project: Maven 2.x Javadoc Plugin Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.7 Environment: graham-leggetts-macbook-pro-3:patricia-db-trunk minfrin$ mvn --version Apache Maven 2.2.0 (r788681; 2009-06-26 15:04:01+0200) Java version: 1.6.0_20 Java home: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman OS name: "mac os x" version: "10.5.8" arch: "x86_64" Family: "mac" Reporter: Graham Leggett While attempting to run the javadoc:fix goal against source code, v2.7 of the javadoc plugin crashed as follows: [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] FATAL ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] null [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.writeParamTag(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:1958) at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.updateJavadocTags(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:1842) at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.updateJavadocTags(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:1747) at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.updateJavadocComment(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:1658) at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.updateEntityComment(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:1527) at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.fixMethodComment(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:1391) at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.processFix(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:993) at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractFixJavadocMojo.execute(AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java:405) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:483) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:678) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:553) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:523) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:371) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:332) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:181) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:356) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:137) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362) at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:41) 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) -- 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