Well, if you get a NPE on this line: >> user.getState().equals("admin") then either "user" or "getState()" is null, right? And, since "user" is definitely not null, your private String "state" is obviously null.
Perhaps you should add something like this: >> private String state = "initial state"; Martin On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:52:25 +0200, Michael Wölm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Sadly, nobody have helped me with my problem. I dont know why. Am I too noob > or is my question incomprehensible? I would be pleased, if anybody could > give me an advice for my problem. > > Greettings from Germany, > Michael Wölm > > Original message is under this. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: m-woelm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. September 2006 16:13 > An: 'Tapestry users' > Betreff: Question: Can not get access to object fields (Null Pointer > Exception) > > Hi, > > I hope anybody could explain me why I get a Null Pointer Exception, if I > want to get access to a field of an object. My method is similar to the > eshop-project of the book “Enjoying web dev with Tapestry”. > > I tried to change the Listener-method onLogin as follows: > >public void onLogin(IRequestCycle cycle) { > > try { > > User user = Users.getKnownUsers().getUser(email,password); > > getUser().copyFrom(user); > > if (user.getState().equals("admin")) > cycle.activate("Admin_Konsole"); > > else cycle.activate("User_Konsole"); > > } catch (AuthenticationException e) { > > ValidationDelegate delegate = getDelegate(); > > delegate.setFormComponent(null); > > delegate.record("Login failed", null); > > } > > } > > > Now I get an exception at point (user.getState().equals(“admin”)). > > But why? user was set to the login-user two lines before? Why I can’t get > the field: private String state which I have set in User.class: > > > private String state; > > public String getState() { > > return this.state; > > } > > > Thx ahead! > > Michael Wölm > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Public Key: <http://gsg.ath.cx/~phoenix/downloads/MyPublicKey.asc> > href="http://gsg.ath.cx/~phoenix/downloads/MyPublicKey.asc > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]