RE: npe on simple type usage

[Ken in Nashua]

Solution...

this was a hibernate initialization issue.

I was seeding an entity
I skipped a few fields thinking it was not a problem.
but hibernate didn't like me operating on the entity while it was in its 
initialization phase.

rule of thumb? initialize all your properties before your code decides to 
operate on them.

Pheewwwwww


        PlayerStatsBuilder statsb = new PlayerStatsBuilder();
        PlayerStats kstats = statsb.build();
        kstats.setLeague(ELeague.A);
        kstats.setSeason(ESeason.SUMMER);
        kstats.setYear(ty);
        kstats.setG(4);        kstats.setA(4);        kstats.setGp(4);
        kstats.setPts(kstats.getA()+kstats.getG());
        kstats.setPpa(kstats.getPts() > 0 ? kstats.getGp() / kstats.getPts() : 
0);
        kstats.setPlayer(ken);
        PlayerStats dstats = statsb.build();
        dstats.setLeague(ELeague.A);
        dstats.setSeason(ESeason.SUMMER);
        dstats.setYear(ty);
        dstats.setG(4);        dstats.setA(4);    dstats.setGp(4); 
        dstats.setPts(dstats.getA()+dstats.getG());
        dstats.setPpa(dstats.getPts() > 0 ? dstats.getGp() / dstats.getPts() : 
0);
        dstats.setPlayer(doug);        
        PlayerStats sstats = statsb.build();
        sstats.setLeague(ELeague.A);
        sstats.setSeason(ESeason.SUMMER);
        sstats.setYear(ty);
        sstats.setG(4);        sstats.setA(4);        sstats.setGp(4); 
        sstats.setPts(sstats.getA()+sstats.getG());
        sstats.setPpa(sstats.getPts() > 0 ? sstats.getGp() / sstats.getPts() : 
0);
        sstats.setPlayer(shawn);    
        configuration.add("ken stats", kstats);
        configuration.add("doug stats", dstats);
        configuration.add("shawn stats", sstats);