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Dennis Lundberg closed MWAR-293. -------------------------------- Resolution: Duplicate > NullPointerException if no directory specified in webResources tag > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MWAR-293 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-293 > Project: Maven 2.x WAR Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.2 > Environment: XP SP3, Eclipse Juno 4.2, Maven 3.0.4 > Reporter: guillaume > Priority: Critical > > I would to exclude directories from the default web resources folder > (src/main/webapp) and the documentation > (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/examples/adding-filtering-webresources.html) > indicates that it can be done : > Here's another example of how to specify include and exclude patterns: > ... > <configuration> > <webResources> > <resource> > <!-- the default value is ** --> > <includes> > <include>**/pattern1</include> > <include>*pattern2</include> > </includes> > <!-- there's no default value for this --> > <excludes> > <exclude>*pattern3/pattern3</exclude> > <exclude>pattern4/pattern4</exclude> > </excludes> > </resource> > </webResources> > </configuration> > ... > But in this case, the plugin throws a NullPointerException : > org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.WarProjectPackagingTask > (handleWebResources line 125). > Indeed, the null reference of resource.getDirectory() given to File > constructor leads to a null pointer... -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira