Hi, you should check if there is a similar issue on Jira bugtracker [1], and if not, create a new issue. The complete list of Batik open issues is there [2].
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/ [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20BATIK%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20AND%20status%20in%20%28Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened%29%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC -- Pascal 2013/7/29 Kevin Connor Arpe <kevina...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > Yet another mail. > > Ref: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/batik/trunk/sources/org/apache/batik/transcoder/XMLAbstractTranscoder.java > > In method: public void transcode(TranscoderInput input, TranscoderOutput > output) > > This line causes NullPointerException if the key is missing: > boolean b = ((Boolean)hints.get(KEY_XML_PARSER_VALIDATING)).booleanValue(); > > The few lines above carefully check if various keys exist and throw > meaningful exceptions if missing. Can you please add the same check for > this key? > > Kind regards, > Kevin Connor ARPE > Hongkong > -- pascal