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When JShell console is opened, there is written NPE stack trace (before the system informations). The JShell seems to works fine. Unexpected exception reading start-up: java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.regex.Matcher.getTextLength(Matcher.java:1283) at java.util.regex.Matcher.reset(Matcher.java:309) at java.util.regex.Matcher.<init>(Matcher.java:229) at java.util.regex.Pattern.matcher(Pattern.java:1093) at java.util.regex.Pattern.split(Pattern.java:1206) at java.util.regex.Pattern.split(Pattern.java:1273) at jdk.jshell.Util.expunge(Util.java:79) at jdk.jshell.Unit.computeQualifiedParameterTypes(Unit.java:446) at jdk.jshell.Unit.checkForOverwrite(Unit.java:400) at jdk.jshell.Unit.setStatus(Unit.java:258) at jdk.jshell.Eval.lambda$compileAndLoad$44(Eval.java:652) at java.util.Iterator.forEachRemaining(Iterator.java:116) at java.util.Spliterators$IteratorSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterators.java:1801) at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$Head.forEach(ReferencePipeline.java:580) at jdk.jshell.Eval.compileAndLoad(Eval.java:652) at jdk.jshell.Eval.declare(Eval.java:538) at jdk.jshell.Eval.eval(Eval.java:118) at jdk.jshell.JShell.eval(JShell.java:441) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellTool.processCompleteSource(JShellTool.java:2446) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellTool.processSource(JShellTool.java:2434) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellTool.processSourceCatchingReset(JShellTool.java:935) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellTool.process(JShellTool.java:920) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellTool.run(JShellTool.java:902) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellTool.startUpRun(JShellTool.java:847) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellTool.resetState(JShellTool.java:787) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellLauncher.resetState(JShellLauncher.java:226) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellLauncher.ensureLive(JShellLauncher.java:214) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.tool.JShellLauncher.getJShell(JShellLauncher.java:220) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.support.ShellSession.initJShell(ShellSession.java:773) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.support.ShellSession.getJShell(ShellSession.java:332) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.support.ShellSession.lambda$null$123(ShellSession.java:537) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.model.ConsoleModel$ModelAccImpl.execute(ConsoleModel.java:1127) at org.netbeans.modules.jshell.support.ShellSession.lambda$start$124(ShellSession.java:533) at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1443) at org.netbeans.modules.openide.util.GlobalLookup.execute(GlobalLookup.java:68) at org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups.executeWith(Lookups.java:303) at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:2058)
JShell within NB IDE running on JDK9 is unsupported in 8.2 release. Such scenario will be supported in NB9 and is being worked on right now.
does no happen with NetBeans 9
Seems to work OK (NB 9 trunk, Win 7 32bit)