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Bug 49439

Summary:	Changing name of Source Packages causes NullPointerException
Product:	java	Reporter:	SteventB <steventb>
Component:	Unsupported	Assignee:	Jan Becicka <jbecicka>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	4.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Log file of this session (last error is the NullPointerException)

Description SteventB 2004-09-22 20:18:53 UTC

When I try to change the name of Source Packages 
(in the Properties dialog) NetBeans gives a 
NullPointerException.

Comment 1 SteventB 2004-09-22 20:23:15 UTC

Created attachment 17813 [details]
Log file of this session (last error is the NullPointerException)

Comment 2 Jan Becicka 2004-09-24 13:34:19 UTC

You can rename Source Packages? I cannot. Can you provide steps to
reproduce, please? Thanks

Comment 3 Jan Becicka 2004-10-11 09:21:03 UTC

Additional comments from Steven:
> Right-click on Source Packages in Project View > Properties
> Change the projectname in the field Name and confirm with Enter
> The first few times I tried this I got a NullPointerException and the 
> dirname didn't change
> After that I tried a few more times and Netbeans just said that it was 
> unable to rename it
> Now I get the NullPointerException again, but the dirname is changed
> 
> BTW I use a NTFS partition

Comment 4 Jan Becicka 2004-10-11 14:49:33 UTC

It is not possible to change name of project in recent builds.

Comment 5 Quality Engineering 2007-09-20 09:50:50 UTC

Reorganization of java component