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Bug 155485 - NullPointerException at java.io.File.<init>
Summary: NullPointerException at java.io.File.<init>
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: third-party
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P2 blocker with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: claudio4j
URL: http://statistics.netbeans.org/except...
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2008-12-15 17:39 UTC by joecsc
Modified: 2012-06-24 03:38 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

See Also:
Issue Type: DEFECT
Exception Reporter: 46435

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2008-12-15 17:39 UTC, joecsc 		Details
stacktrace (2.75 KB, text/plain)
2012-06-24 03:38 UTC, misterm 		Details
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Description joecsc 2008-12-15 17:39:16 UTC 
Build: NetBeans IDE 6.5 (Build 200811100001)
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 11.0-b16, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.6.0_11-b03
OS: Windows XP, 5.1, x86

User Comments:
joecsc: I had just used Tools-->Options-->Miscellaneous to check NetBeans settings - worked OK, clicked OK to close. Immediately tried to use Tools-->Options again and got the exception.

GUEST: I tried to change JDK_HOME through Startup Settings plugin from jdk-1.5.0-sun to jdk-6-sun

joecsc: I had just used Tools-->Options-->Miscellaneous to check NetBeans settings - worked OK, clicked OK to close. Immediately tried to use Tools-->Options again and got the exception.



Stacktrace: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:222)
        at br.com.claudius.netbeans.jvmsettings.JVMSettingUI.updateConf(JVMSettingUI.java:446)
        at br.com.claudius.netbeans.jvmsettings.JVMOptionController.update(JVMOptionController.java:43)
        at org.netbeans.modules.options.advanced.Model$DelegatingController.update(Model.java:273)
        at org.netbeans.modules.options.advanced.Model.update(Model.java:169)
        at org.netbeans.modules.options.advanced.AdvancedPanel.update(AdvancedPanel.java:96)
Comment 1 joecsc 2008-12-15 17:39:26 UTC 
Created attachment 74971 [details]
stacktrace
Comment 2 Peter Pis 2008-12-19 07:20:00 UTC 
Reassigning to core.
Comment 3 Jesse Glick 2008-12-19 15:33:02 UTC 
Bug in whatever module provides br.com.claudius.netbeans.jvmsettings.JVMSettingUI.
Comment 4 Jesse Glick 2008-12-19 15:34:22 UTC 
Took me a while to find your @netbeans.org login. Not listed in

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/claudio/archive/2008/04/netbeans_startu.html
Comment 5 claudio4j 2008-12-19 15:38:03 UTC 
Thank you for reporting, I will solve this.
Comment 6 misterm 2012-06-24 03:38:06 UTC 
Created attachment 121258 [details]
stacktrace
Comment 7 Exceptions Reporter 2012-06-24 03:38:21 UTC 
This bug already has 20 duplicates 
see http://statistics.netbeans.org/exceptions/detail.do?id=46435