Repository constructor NPE should be more verbose -------------------------------------------------
Key: WAGON-285 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WAGON-285 Project: Maven Wagon Issue Type: Improvement Components: wagon-provider-api Reporter: Nicolas Frenay After having the following problem while trying to maven install my project, I suggest that the Repository constructor should be more verbose in case the "id" or "url" are null. {code:none} [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] FATAL ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] id can not be null [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace java.lang.NullPointerException: id can not be null at org.apache.maven.wagon.repository.Repository.<init>(Repository.java:81) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepository.<init>(DefaultArtifactRepository.java:70) at org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepositoryFactory.createDeploymentArtifactRepository(DefaultArtifactRepositoryFactory.java:44) at org.apache.maven.project.ProjectUtils.buildDeploymentArtifactRepository(ProjectUtils.java:80) at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.processProjectLogic(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1029) at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:880) at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromSourceFileInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:508) at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:200) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProject(DefaultMaven.java:604) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:487) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:560) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:560) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:391) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:272) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362) at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60) 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) {code} I haven't created a patch because I currently don't have the SVN plugin installed on my Eclipse (and I'm running out of time), but it should as simple as changing the Repository.java constructor to: {code} public Repository( String id, String url ) { if ( id == null ) { throw new NullPointerException( "id can not be null for Repository with url=" + url ); } setId( id ); if ( url == null ) { throw new NullPointerException( "url can not be null for Repository with id=" + id ); } setUrl( url ); } {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