NullPointerException if goal name is malformed
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Key: MNG-4858
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4858
Project: Maven 2 & 3
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Errors
Affects Versions: 3.0
Reporter: Brett Porter
Typing a goal like:
{code}
mvn help:
{code}
or
{code}
mvn group:artifact:version:goal:onetoomany
{code}
Results in:
{code}
[ERROR] NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoDescriptorCreator.findPlugin(MojoDescriptorCreator.java:288)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoDescriptorCreator.injectPluginDeclarationFromProject(MojoDescriptorCreator.java:268)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoDescriptorCreator.getMojoDescriptor(MojoDescriptorCreator.java:211)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.calculateTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.java:106)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.calculateTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.java:86)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:98)
{code}
In Maven 2.2.1, it produced an error message to adjust the goal format.
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