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Henning Schmiedehausen closed VELOCITY-374. ------------------------------------------- > VE throws NPE if not initialized > -------------------------------- > > Key: VELOCITY-374 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELOCITY-374 > Project: Velocity > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Engine > Affects Versions: 1.5 > Environment: Operating System: other > Platform: Other > Reporter: Will Glass-Husain > Fix For: 1.5 > > > VelocityEngine throws a strange NPE if it's not initialized. It'd be better > if it threw an Exception with a meaningful error message. > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I had another problem that I think can help others in the future. In looking > through the archives I noticed other people having the same null pointer > exception I was having. I went through the code and noticed that if a person > did not "init()" a velocity engine, the resourceManager never gets > initialized. When they call the function below in RuntimeInstance.java, they > get the null pointer exception. > public Template getTemplate(String name, String encoding) > throws ResourceNotFoundException, ParseErrorException, Exception > { > return (Template) > resourceManager.getResource(name, > ResourceManager.RESOURCE_TEMPLATE, encoding); > } > ERROR [http8080-Processor2] TemplateToStringManagerBD.getContentAsString() - > VelocityEngine failed to merge the template. > java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate > (RuntimeInstance.java:835) > at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate > (RuntimeInstance.java:817) > at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeSingleton.getTemplate > (RuntimeSingleton.java:285) > at org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity.getTemplate(Velocity.java:469) > at > com.jb.commonmvc.view.template.velocity.TemplateToStringManagerBD.getContentAsS > tring(TemplateToStringManagerBD.java:120) > at com.jb.commonmvc.transport.email.EmailTemplate.emailTemplate > (EmailTemplate.java:37) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]