Exception thrown when issueManagement section of pom is missing ---------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MCHANGES-138 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-138 Project: Maven 2.x Changes Plugin Issue Type: Bug Components: jira-report Affects Versions: 2.1 Reporter: Mark Derricutt Priority: Minor When the <issueManagement/> section of a pom is missing, the following exception is thrown. The plugin should explain {code} org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to extract JIRA issues from the downloaded file at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:583) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.forkProjectLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:931) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.forkLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:767) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:529) 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) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Failed to extract JIRA issues from the downloaded file at org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.getJiraReleases(AnnouncementMojo.java:630) at org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.doJiraGenerate(AnnouncementMojo.java:578) at org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.execute(AnnouncementMojo.java:335) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:451) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:558) ... 19 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.maven.plugin.jira.AbstractJiraDownloader.doExecute(AbstractJiraDownloader.java:397) at org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.getJiraReleases(AnnouncementMojo.java:612) ... 23 more {code} -- 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