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     new a5ab4db649 Re-order checks to avoid NPE. Identified by Coverity Scan.
a5ab4db649 is described below

commit a5ab4db649f24661d8ff865c34a46c2bccd09b89
Author: Mark Thomas <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Oct 14 07:43:12 2025 +0100

    Re-order checks to avoid NPE. Identified by Coverity Scan.
---
 java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappLoader.java | 6 +++---
 webapps/docs/changelog.xml                        | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappLoader.java 
b/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappLoader.java
index 5c8183e2e9..9b4f0994b7 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappLoader.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappLoader.java
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ public class WebappLoader extends LifecycleMBeanBase 
implements Loader {
             URL[] repositories = ((URLClassLoader) loader).getURLs();
             for (URL url : repositories) {
                 String repository = url.toString();
+                if (repository == null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (repository.startsWith("file:")) {
                     // Let the JRE handle all the edge cases for URL to path 
conversion.
                     try {
@@ -477,9 +480,6 @@ public class WebappLoader extends LifecycleMBeanBase 
implements Loader {
                 } else {
                     continue;
                 }
-                if (repository == null) {
-                    continue;
-                }
                 if (!classpath.isEmpty()) {
                     classpath.append(File.pathSeparator);
                 }
diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index 5ebd3398a7..b735b3dd53 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@
         <code>RemoteAddrValve</code>. (markt)
       </update>
       <!-- Entries for backport and removal before 12.0.0-M1 below this line 
-->
+      <fix>
+        When generating the class path in the Loader, re-order the check on
+        individual class path components to avoid a potential
+        <code>NullPointerException</code>. Identified by Coverity Scan. (markt)
+      </fix>
     </changelog>
   </subsection>
   <subsection name="Coyote">


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