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Michael Glauche commented on MWAR-246: -------------------------------------- QnD patch: {code} Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/war/packaging/WarProjectPackagingTask.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/war/packaging/WarProjectPackagingTask.java (revision 1072684) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/war/packaging/WarProjectPackagingTask.java (working copy) @@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ for ( int i = 0; i < webResources.length; i++ ) { Resource resource = webResources[i]; + + if (resource.getDirectory() == null) { + throw new MojoExecutionException( "Directory tag is missing from Resource decleration" ); + } + if ( !( new File( resource.getDirectory() ) ).isAbsolute() ) { resource.setDirectory( context.getProject().getBasedir() + File.separator + resource.getDirectory() ); {code} Although http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/examples/adding-filtering-webresources.html does state the following example: {code} ... <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> ... {code} Which does give a NPE in any case with maven-war-plugin 2.1.1, i think the example should also contain a directory tag, or ? > NullPointerException Processing Web Resources > --------------------------------------------- > > Key: MWAR-246 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MWAR-246 > Project: Maven 2.x WAR Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.1.1 > Environment: Linux, JDK 6 > Reporter: Gary Murphy > Fix For: 2.2 > > > NullPointerException on packaging of web resources. Configuration is: > <plugin> > <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> > <configuration> > <webResources> > <resource> > <excludes> > <exclude>xercesImpl-*.jar</exclude> > </excludes> > </resource> > </webResources> > </configuration> > </plugin> > Stack trace is: > Execution default-war of goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin:2.1.1:war failed. > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:211) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:148) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:140) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:316) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:153) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:451) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:188) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:134) > 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.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352) > Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution > default-war of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin:2.1.1:war > failed. > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:116) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:195) > ... 19 more > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:222) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.WarProjectPackagingTask.handleWebResources(WarProjectPackagingTask.java:124) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.war.packaging.WarProjectPackagingTask.performPackaging(WarProjectPackagingTask.java:91) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.war.AbstractWarMojo.buildWebapp(AbstractWarMojo.java:472) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.war.AbstractWarMojo.buildExplodedWebapp(AbstractWarMojo.java:404) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.war.WarMojo.performPackaging(WarMojo.java:197) > at org.apache.maven.plugin.war.WarMojo.execute(WarMojo.java:159) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:107) > ... 20 more -- 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