I thought that the statement
  PdfWriter.getInstance(document, blob.getBinaryOutputStream());
Would populate the blob object with the generated pdf data.

What would be the required changes?

Pat


>The variable blob is never assigned a value.

Paulo


> What causes the NullPointerException and why does it happen in the 
> following
> code?  What are some solutions?
>
>
> import com.lowagie.text.Document;
> import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
> import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
> import java.sql.SQLException;
> import oracle.sql.BLOB;
> import java.io.FileOutputStream;
> import java.io.IOException;
>
> public class HelloWorld {
>
> public static BLOB doIt(oracle.sql.ARRAY args) {
>
> System.out.println("Hello World");
>    BLOB blob = null;
> Document document = new Document();
> try {
> PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
> blob.getBinaryOutputStream());
> document.open();
> document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
> } catch (DocumentException de) {
> System.err.println(de.getMessage());
> } catch (SQLException se) {
> System.err.println(se.getMessage());
> }
> document.close();
>    return(blob);
> }
> }
>
>
>
> Pat,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Stephen F. Austin State University
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