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Null pointer exceptions when starting JBE on Windows


Joe Celi (1389) | asked Feb 12 '13, 9:22 a.m.
edited Feb 12 '13, 11:18 a.m. by Spencer Murata (2.3k115970)
I'm running JBE from a windows command prompt and getting the following exceptions right away.  Things seem to be running OK  but I would like to figure out what is causing these null pointer exceptions and what I can do to get rid of them.

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.VersionStringComparator.getIntegerParts(VersionStringComparator.java:71)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.VersionStringComparator.innerCompare(VersionStringComparator.java:45)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.VersionStringComparator.compare(VersionStringComparator.java:32)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor$EvolutionDescriptorComponentVersionComparator.compare(ModelElementDescriptor.java:152)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor$EvolutionDescriptorComponentVersionComparator.compare(ModelElementDescriptor.java:1)
    at java.util.TreeMap.compare(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.TreeMap.put(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.TreeSet.add(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor.processEvolutionElement(ModelElementDescriptor.java:60)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor.processChild(ModelElementDescriptor.java:53)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.processChildren(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:725)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.<init>(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:60)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.AbstractComponentChildElementDescriptor.<init>(AbstractComponentChildElementDescriptor.java:30)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor.<init>(ModelElementDescriptor.java:37)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentElementDescriptor.processChild(ComponentElementDescriptor.java:262)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.processChildren(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:725)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.<init>(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:60)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentElementDescriptor.<init>(ComponentElementDescriptor.java:39)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentRegistry.handleExtensionAdded(ComponentRegistry.java:860)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentRegistry.handleExtensionAdded(ComponentRegistry.java:1)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.basicHandleExtensionAdded(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:205)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.handleExtensionAddedToRegistry(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:624)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.addContributedExtensions(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:143)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.start(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:1129)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.internal.Activator.startExtensionReaders(Activator.java:103)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.internal.Activator.start(Activator.java:71)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:783)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:774)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:755)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:352)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:280)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:408)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:111)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:449)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:211)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:381)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:33)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:454)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:105)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.defineClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:183)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:576)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:546)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:477)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:465)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:445)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:211)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:381)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:33)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:454)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:105)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.defineClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:183)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:576)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:546)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:477)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:465)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:445)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:211)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:381)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:457)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:105)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:170)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:874)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:51)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:189)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:368)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:559)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:514)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1311)
Feb 11, 2013 5:06:18 PM com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor processChildren
SEVERE: null
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.VersionStringComparator.getIntegerParts(VersionStringComparator.java:71)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.VersionStringComparator.innerCompare(VersionStringComparator.java:45)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.VersionStringComparator.compare(VersionStringComparator.java:32)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor$EvolutionDescriptorComponentVersionComparator.compare(ModelElementDescriptor.java:152)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor$EvolutionDescriptorComponentVersionComparator.compare(ModelElementDescriptor.java:1)
    at java.util.TreeMap.compare(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.TreeMap.put(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.TreeSet.add(Unknown Source)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor.processEvolutionElement(ModelElementDescriptor.java:60)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor.processChild(ModelElementDescriptor.java:53)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.processChildren(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:725)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.<init>(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:60)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.AbstractComponentChildElementDescriptor.<init>(AbstractComponentChildElementDescriptor.java:30)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ModelElementDescriptor.<init>(ModelElementDescriptor.java:37)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentElementDescriptor.processChild(ComponentElementDescriptor.java:262)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.processChildren(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:725)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.AbstractElementDescriptor.<init>(AbstractElementDescriptor.java:60)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentElementDescriptor.<init>(ComponentElementDescriptor.java:39)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentRegistry.handleExtensionAdded(ComponentRegistry.java:860)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.util.ComponentRegistry.handleExtensionAdded(ComponentRegistry.java:1)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.basicHandleExtensionAdded(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:205)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.handleExtensionAddedToRegistry(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:624)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.addContributedExtensions(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:143)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.util.ExtensionRegistryReader.start(ExtensionRegistryReader.java:1129)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.internal.Activator.startExtensionReaders(Activator.java:103)
    at com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.internal.Activator.start(Activator.java:71)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:783)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:774)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:755)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:352)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:280)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:408)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:111)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:449)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:211)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:381)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:33)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:454)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:105)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.defineClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:183)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:576)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:546)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:477)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:465)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:445)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:211)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:381)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:33)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:454)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:105)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.defineClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:183)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:576)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:546)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:477)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:465)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:445)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:211)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:381)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:457)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:105)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:170)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:874)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:51)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:189)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:368)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:559)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:514)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1311)

2013-02-11 17:06:18 [Jazz build engine] Running build loop...
2013-02-11 17:06:18 [Jazz build engine] Waiting for request...
Feb 11, 2013 5:06:21 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector isAuthenticationNeeded
INFO: Authentication requested but doAuthentication is disabled
2013-02-11 17:07:31 [Jazz build engine] Found a user request for build definition "SaaS Customer Support Integration Server Team build".
2013-02-11 18:40:08 [Jazz build engine] Found a user request for build definition "SaaS Customer Support Integration Server Team build".

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Spencer Murata (2.3k115970) | answered Feb 12 '13, 11:22 a.m.
FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
 This is an instance of defect:

To summarize, the problem is with the version of Foundation you have combined with the 1.7 JDK.  Its resolved as of 4.0.2, but it is innocuous.

~Spencer
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Joe Celi commented Feb 12 '13, 11:24 a.m. | edited Jan 16 '14, 3:36 a.m.

Hey thanks Spencer.  I'll just ignore it :-)

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