Without very clear steps and a full description of your environment, no one can help.
Gj On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 5:31 PM Hans Grimmelshausen HG <far...@mail.de> wrote: > Hello Geertjan and others, > > Unfortunately also with NB 11.3 alpha, the same Null pointer exception > occurs frequently at compile time, with non-installed nb-java plugin. > > But I observed the following: > While the null pointer exception in its stack-trace lists this (which you > quoted earlier) : > -> at > org.netbeans.lib.nbjavac.services.NBAttr.visitClassDef(NBAttr.java:66) > > … and the nb-javac plugin isn't installed (which for many, including me, > would be located in the user's home, here under Linux it's: .netbeans/11.2/ > ), there's still a hard-wired module inside the netbeans application > folder, this: > -> netbeans/java/modules/org-netbeans-lib-nbjavac.jar > > This jar file stays there, even if nb-javac plugin isn't installed (or > un-installed) in the user's home. > Could this be the problem? > > For now, the situation for my mid-sized OpenJDK 11 project is as follows: > a) With installed nb-javac plugin: > No null-pointer exceptions at compile time, but refactoring-rename doesn't > work. > > b) Without the nb-javac plugin: > Frequent null-pointer exceptions at compile time, however > refactoring-rename works fine. > > Strange. The null pointer exception doesn't block anything, it seems, i.e. > I can continue to work with the project in NB. But since the exception is > shown in red an occurs frequently when compiling, it's irritating. Also I > am at my wits' end. :-) > > Greetings, > Hans > > > Am 25.02.20 um 15:41 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > > Definitely try 11.3. > > And possibly nb-javac is disabled, though still installed. > > Gj > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 3:39 PM Hans Grimmelshausen HG <far...@mail.de> > wrote: > >> Hello Geertjan and other readers, >> >> Your observation makes sense, but the strange thing is that I did >> uninstall nb-javac via NB's menu Tools->Plugins. So it's shown under >> "Available Plugins". >> Also I can successfully refactore-rename methods etc in my mid-sized >> project, which hasn't been working with an installed nb-javac. Like Thomas >> suggested, disabling nb-javac wasn't enough, it had to be un-installed. >> >> I even tried with a fresh NB profile, but the null pointer exceptions >> keep up coming. >> This is all very strange to me. Since indeed the nb-javac mention is in >> the stacktrace. >> Maybe I should try NB 11.3 ? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Greetings, >> Hans >> >> >> >> Am 25.02.20 um 11:52 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: >> >> Since this is in the stacktrace, nb-javac must still be present, i.e., >> has not been uninstalled: >> >> at >> org.netbeans.lib.nbjavac.services.NBAttr.visitClassDef(NBAttr.java:66) >> >> Gj >> >> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:48 AM Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 10:35, Hans Grimmelshausen (HG) <far...@mail.de> >>> wrote: >>> > Geertjan wrote at >>> > one point that the nb-javac plugin was mainly useful for JDK 8 >>> projects. >>> >>> Mainly useful for running NetBeans itself on JDK 8 as far as I know. >>> And for supporting versions of JDK above what the IDE is running on. >>> >>> Maybe it's time to take the plunge and stop supporting NetBeans on JDK >>> 8 from 12.1?! >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Neil >> >> > > -- > Via Netbeans-Apache > >
