Re: Null Pointer Exception when executing a Java software

From:
Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:52:26 -0800
Message-ID:
<fntceb$hf2$1@ihnp4.ucsd.edu>
dtian.tyson@googlemail.com wrote:

Hi,

I am using a java software for my research. It was distributed as
class files. The software takes a text file and do some computation
then it outputs the results. For some text files, the software runs
normally. However, for 2 files, the software outputs
java.lang.NullPointerException. Both files are in the same format as
the others. I don't have the source code, so I can not see the
problem.

Does anyone knows what could be wrong with the code?

The software is a data mining tool called Keel: http://sci2s.ugr.es/keel/download.php


Unfortunately, NullPointerException for Java programs is a bit like "The
patient has no pulse" for humans. Without access to the body, all that
can be said is that the program broke on those inputs.

According to the web page "If you want to get the source code of the
Prototype, you only have notify us sending a mail to the address of the
administrators of the website.". Why not do that?

Patricia

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