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Bug 268704

Summary:	NullPointerException: The description parameter cannot be null
Product:	projects	Reporter:	Exceptions Reporter <exceptions_reporter>
Component:	Maven	Assignee:	Tomas Stupka <tstupka>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	nebrass
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:	226974
Attachments:	stacktrace

Description Exceptions Reporter 2016-10-27 07:08:56 UTC

This bug was originally marked as duplicate of bug 246122, that is already resolved. This bug is still valid, so this seems to be another bug, but it might be related.

Build: NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 (Build 201411181905)
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, 25.25-b02, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.8.0_25-b17
OS: Mac OS X

User Comments:
GUEST: Just tried to create a new Maven Java Application project, and when I added cssbox artifact as dependency the NullPointerException error appeared.

GUEST: Unsure, didn't discover error until later.

GUEST: Frequently occuring when trying to edit an java file

nebrass: just started netbeans




Stacktrace: 
java.lang.NullPointerException: The description parameter cannot be null
   at org.openide.util.Parameters.notNull(Parameters.java:89)
   at org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.ProjectProblemsProvider$ProjectProblem.<init>(ProjectProblemsProvider.java:219)
   at org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.ProjectProblemsProvider$ProjectProblem.createError(ProjectProblemsProvider.java:353)
   at org.netbeans.modules.maven.problems.MavenModelProblemsProvider.reportExceptions(MavenModelProblemsProvider.java:300)
   at org.netbeans.modules.maven.problems.MavenModelProblemsProvider.getProblems(MavenModelProblemsProvider.java:150)
   at org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.support.UILookupMergerSupport$ProjectProblemsProviderImpl.getProblems(UILookupMergerSupport.java:299)

Comment 1 Exceptions Reporter 2016-10-27 07:08:58 UTC

Created attachment 162656 [details]
stacktrace

Comment 2 Tomas Stupka 2016-11-24 15:32:07 UTC

fixed in jet-main #852c71347205

Comment 3 Quality Engineering 2016-11-26 03:58:40 UTC

Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201611260001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)

Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/852c71347205
User: Tomas Stupka <tstupka@netbeans.org>
Log: Issue #268704 - NullPointerException: The description parameter cannot be null