Hi I cant build 1.7.x because of some proxy issue, but with a debugger I was able to catch these two exceptions in 1.7.4 with a little more detail. The location of the zip file with a http: in the filepath seems a little suspect.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not a file: C:\Users\dude\somemavenproject \http:\repo1.maven.org\maven2\org\apache\openejb\apache- tomee\1.7.4\apache-tomee-1.7.4-webprofile.zip at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Files.assertFile(Files.java:155) at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Zips.unzip(Zips.java:41) at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Zips.unzip(Zips.java:31) at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Setup.downloadAndUnpack(Setup.java:148) at org.apache.tomee.arquillian.re mote.RemoteTomEEContainer.configure(RemoteTomEEContainer.java:206) at org.apache.tomee.arquillian.re mote.RemoteTomEEContainer.start(RemoteTomEEContainer.java:105) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.ContainerImpl.start( ContainerImpl.java:199) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$8. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:163) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$8. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:157) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.forConta iner(ContainerLifecycleController.java:255) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.startCon tainer(ContainerLifecycleController.java:156) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.invokeObservers(EventContextImpl.java:99) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:81) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.ContainerDeploymentContextHandler. createContainerContext(ContainerDeploymentContextHandler.java:57) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:88) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventImpl.fire(EventImpl.java:67) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$2. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:77) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$2. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:70) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.forEachS uiteContainer(ContainerLifecycleController.java:221) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.startSui teContainers(ContainerLifecycleController.java:69) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.invokeObservers(EventContextImpl.java:99) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:81) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventImpl.fire(EventImpl.java:67) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .test.impl.client.ContainerEventController.execute(Container EventController.java:86) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.invokeObservers(EventContextImpl.java:99) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:81) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl .TestContextHandler.createSuiteContext(TestContextHandler.java:60) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:88) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl .EventTestRunnerAdaptor.beforeSuite(EventTestRunnerAdaptor.java:68) at org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arq uillian.run(Arquillian.java:97) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit 4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:86) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run( TestExecution.java:38) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:459) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:678) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192) java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not a file: C:\Users\dude\somemavenproject \http:\repo1.maven.org\maven2\org\apache\openejb\apache- tomee\1.7.4\apache-tomee-1.7.4-webprofile.zip at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Files.assertFile(Files.java:155) at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Zips.unzip(Zips.java:41) at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Zips.unzip(Zips.java:31) at org.apache.openejb.arquillian. common.Setup.downloadAndUnpack(Setup.java:148) at org.apache.tomee.arquillian.re mote.RemoteTomEEContainer.configure(RemoteTomEEContainer.java:206) at org.apache.tomee.arquillian.re mote.RemoteTomEEContainer.start(RemoteTomEEContainer.java:105) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.ContainerImpl.start( ContainerImpl.java:199) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$8. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:163) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$8. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:157) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.forConta iner(ContainerLifecycleController.java:255) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.startCon tainer(ContainerLifecycleController.java:156) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.invokeObservers(EventContextImpl.java:99) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:81) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.ContainerDeploymentContextHandler. createContainerContext(ContainerDeploymentContextHandler.java:57) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:88) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventImpl.fire(EventImpl.java:67) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$2. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:77) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController$2. perform(ContainerLifecycleController.java:70) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.forEachS uiteContainer(ContainerLifecycleController.java:221) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .impl.client.container.ContainerLifecycleController.startSui teContainers(ContainerLifecycleController.java:69) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.invokeObservers(EventContextImpl.java:99) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:81) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventImpl.fire(EventImpl.java:67) at org.jboss.arquillian.container .test.impl.client.ContainerEventController.execute(Container EventController.java:86) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.invokeObservers(EventContextImpl.java:99) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:81) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl .TestContextHandler.createSuiteContext(TestContextHandler.java:60) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .EventContextImpl.proceed(EventContextImpl.java:88) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl .ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl .EventTestRunnerAdaptor.beforeSuite(EventTestRunnerAdaptor.java:68) at org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arq uillian.run(Arquillian.java:97) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit 4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:86) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run( TestExecution.java:38) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:459) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:678) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit .runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192) INFO: Extracting 'C:\Users\dude\somemavenproject\http:\repo1.maven.org\ maven2\org\apache\openejb\apache-tomee\1.7.4\apache-tomee-1.7.4-webprofile.zip' to 'C:\Users\dude\AppData\Local\Temp\arquillian-apache-tomee' *java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException* 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl. invokeObservers(*EventContextImpl.java:99*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:81*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client. ContainerDeploymentContextHandler.createContainerContext( *ContainerDeploymentContextHandler.java:57*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:88*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:135*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:115*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventImpl.fire( *EventImpl.java:67*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$2.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:77*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$2.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:70*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.forEachSuiteContainer( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:221*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.startSuiteContainers( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:69*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl. invokeObservers(*EventContextImpl.java:99*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:81*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:135*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:115*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventImpl.fire( *EventImpl.java:67*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.impl.client. ContainerEventController.execute(*ContainerEventController.java:86*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl. invokeObservers(*EventContextImpl.java:99*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:81*) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl.TestContextHandler. createSuiteContext(*TestContextHandler.java:60*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:88*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:135*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:115*) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl.EventTestRunnerAdaptor. beforeSuite(*EventTestRunnerAdaptor.java:68*) at org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian.run( *Arquillian.java:97*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner. JUnit4TestReference.run(*JUnit4TestReference.java:86*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run( *TestExecution.java:38*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner. runTests(*RemoteTestRunner.java:459*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner. runTests(*RemoteTestRunner.java:678*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run( *RemoteTestRunner.java:382*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main( *RemoteTestRunner.java:192*) Caused by: *java.lang.NullPointerException* at org.apache.tomee.arquillian.remote.RemoteTomEEContainer. start(*RemoteTomEEContainer.java:132*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.ContainerImpl.start( *ContainerImpl.java:199*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$8.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:163*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$8.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:157*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.forContainer( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:255*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.startContainer( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:156*) ... 56 more *java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException* 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl. invokeObservers(*EventContextImpl.java:99*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:81*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client. ContainerDeploymentContextHandler.createContainerContext( *ContainerDeploymentContextHandler.java:57*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:88*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:135*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:115*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventImpl.fire( *EventImpl.java:67*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$2.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:77*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$2.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:70*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.forEachSuiteContainer( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:221*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.startSuiteContainers( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:69*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl. invokeObservers(*EventContextImpl.java:99*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:81*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:135*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:115*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventImpl.fire( *EventImpl.java:67*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.impl.client. ContainerEventController.execute(*ContainerEventController.java:86*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl. invokeObservers(*EventContextImpl.java:99*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:81*) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl.TestContextHandler. createSuiteContext(*TestContextHandler.java:60*) 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.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke( *ObserverImpl.java:94*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( *EventContextImpl.java:88*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:135*) at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire( *ManagerImpl.java:115*) at org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl.EventTestRunnerAdaptor. beforeSuite(*EventTestRunnerAdaptor.java:68*) at org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian.run( *Arquillian.java:97*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner. JUnit4TestReference.run(*JUnit4TestReference.java:86*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run( *TestExecution.java:38*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner. runTests(*RemoteTestRunner.java:459*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner. runTests(*RemoteTestRunner.java:678*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run( *RemoteTestRunner.java:382*) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main( *RemoteTestRunner.java:192*) Caused by: *java.lang.NullPointerException* at org.apache.tomee.arquillian.remote.RemoteTomEEContainer. start(*RemoteTomEEContainer.java:132*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.ContainerImpl.start( *ContainerImpl.java:199*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$8.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:163*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController$8.perform( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:157*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.forContainer( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:255*) at org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. ContainerLifecycleController.startContainer( *ContainerLifecycleController.java:156*) ... 56 more On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > sadly in 1.7.4 this NPE hides the real error (fixed on 7.x branch). Maybe > give a try to put a breakpoint at > https://github.com/apache/tomee/blob/tomee-1.7.x/ > arquillian/arquillian-tomee-remote/src/main/java/org/ > apache/tomee/arquillian/remote/RemoteTomEEContainer.java#L132 > and check what's the actual exception. > > > Romain Manni-Bucau > @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau> | Blog > <https://blog-rmannibucau.rhcloud.com> | Old Blog > <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/ > rmannibucau> | > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | JavaEE Factory > <https://javaeefactory-rmannibucau.rhcloud.com> > > 2017-04-12 9:09 GMT+02:00 Me Self <wmso...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi All > > > > Running the tomee-remote adapter 1.7.4 I get the nullptr listed at the > > bottom. Is some sort of configuration missing? And where can I find the > > branch on github - > > there are branches named 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2 but no 1.7.4? > > > > arquillian.xml: > > > > <container qualifier="tomee-remote" default="true"> > > > > <configuration> > > > > <property > name="httpPort">-1</property> > > > > <property > name="stopPort">-1</property> > > > > <property name="version">1.7.4</ > > property> > > > > <property > > name="classifier">webprofile</property> > > > > </configuration> > > > > </container> > > > > > > pom.xml snippets: > > > > > > > > > > <tomee.version>1.7.4</tomee.version> > > > > <tomee.classifier>webprofile</tomee.classifier> > > > > <arquillian.version>1.0.3.Final</arquillian.version> > > > > ... > > > > <profile> > > > > <id>tomee-remote</id> > > > > <dependencies> > > > > <dependency> > > > > > > <groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId> > > > > > > <artifactId>arquillian-tomee-remote</artifactId> > > > > > > <version>${tomee.version}</version> > > > > </dependency> > > > > <dependency> > > > > > > <groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId> > > > > > > <artifactId>apache-tomee</artifactId> > > > > > > <version>${tomee.version}</version> > > > > <classifier>${tomee. > > classifier}</classifier> > > > > <type>zip</type> > > > > </dependency> > > > > </dependencies> > > > > <build> > > > > <plugins> > > > > <plugin> > > > > > > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > > > > > > <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> > > > > > > <configuration> > > > > > > <systemPropertyVariables> > > > > > > <arquillian.launch>tomee- > > remote</arquillian.launch> > > > > > > <tomee.classifier>${tomee. > classifier}</tomee.classifier> > > > > > > <tomee.version>${tomee.version}</tomee.version> > > > > > > </systemPropertyVariables> > > > > > > </configuration> > > > > </plugin> > > > > </plugins> > > > > </build> > > > > </profile> > > > > > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException: null > > > > at > > org.apache.tomee.arquillian.remote.RemoteTomEEContainer. > > start(RemoteTomEEContainer.java:132) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.ContainerImpl. > > start(ContainerImpl.java:199) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController$8.perform(ContainerLifecycleController. > > java:163) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController$8.perform(ContainerLifecycleController. > > java:157) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController.forContainer(ContainerLifecycleController. > > java:255) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController.startContainer( > ContainerLifecycleController. > > java:156) > > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java: > > 62) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > > DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.invokeObservers( > > EventContextImpl.java:99) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( > > EventContextImpl.java:81) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client. > ContainerDeploymentContextHand > > ler.createContainerContext(ContainerDeploymentContextHandler.java:57) > > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java: > > 62) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > > DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( > > EventContextImpl.java:88) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) > > > > at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventImpl.fire(EventImpl. > > java:67) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController$2.perform(ContainerLifecycleController. > > java:77) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController$2.perform(ContainerLifecycleController. > > java:70) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController.forEachSuiteContainer( > > ContainerLifecycleController.java:221) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.impl.client.container. > > ContainerLifecycleController.startSuiteContainers( > > ContainerLifecycleController.java:69) > > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java: > > 62) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > > DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.invokeObservers( > > EventContextImpl.java:99) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( > > EventContextImpl.java:81) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) > > > > at org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventImpl.fire(EventImpl. > > java:67) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.impl.client. > ContainerEventController. > > execute(ContainerEventController.java:86) > > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java: > > 62) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > > DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.invokeObservers( > > EventContextImpl.java:99) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( > > EventContextImpl.java:81) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl.TestContextHandler.createSuiteContext( > > TestContextHandler.java:60) > > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java: > > 62) > > > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( > > DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ObserverImpl.invoke(ObserverImpl.java:94) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.EventContextImpl.proceed( > > EventContextImpl.java:88) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:135) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.core.impl.ManagerImpl.fire(ManagerImpl.java:115) > > > > at > > org.jboss.arquillian.test.impl.EventTestRunnerAdaptor.beforeSuite( > > EventTestRunnerAdaptor.java:68) > > > > at org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian.run(Arquillian.java:97) > > > > at > > org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute( > > JUnit4Provider.java:283) > > > > at > > org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeWithRerun( > > JUnit4Provider.java:173) > > > > at > > org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider. > > executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:153) > > > > at > > org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke( > > JUnit4Provider.java:128) > > > > at > > org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter. > > invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBooter.java:203) > > > > at > > org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess( > > ForkedBooter.java:155) > > > > at > > org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main( > ForkedBooter.java:103) > > >