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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39960 Summary: NPE when trying to <copy> a custom resource Product: Ant Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: Windows XP Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Core tasks AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm trying to copy a datastream into a directory, and was curious about the result. Its not good. <target name="create-file" xmlns:res="antlib:org.antbook.resources" depends="ready-to-run"> <copy todir="build"> <res:random size="8192"/> </copy> </target> BUILD FAILED C:\Personal\examples\sections\extending\ch18_extras\resources\build.xml:84: java .lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav a:114) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:375) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:356) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:384) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1268) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1237) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExe cutor.java:40) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1120) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:685) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:196) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:279) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:100) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.tools.ant.util.ResourceUtils.selectOutOfDateSources(Resour ceUtils.java:155) at org.apache.tools.ant.util.ResourceUtils.selectOutOfDateSources(Resour ceUtils.java:123) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copy.buildMap(Copy.java:729) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copy.scan(Copy.java:661) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copy.execute(Copy.java:544) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275) 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.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.jav a:104) ... 11 more If a resource must have a name for a copy, and that name may be null, there should be a proper check and a meaningful exception. -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]