RE: strange NPE, really making me nervous

[Ken in Nashua]

Here is Home.JAVA snippet

public class Home
{
    /**
     * Component
     */
    @Property
    private Class collectiontype;

    @Property
    private Integer itemsPerPage = new Integer("50");



I am trying to figure out why there is a NPE with this itemsPerPage

its just a property in Home.***

its a property and parameter in Gallery.***

the type is Integer

and the handler is crashing on NPE when i attempt any operation on this 
itemsPerPage

still trying to shake this out