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Bug 186225

Summary: [69cat] NullPointerException at java.lang.String.compareTo
Product: platform Reporter: alied <alied>
Component: Outline&TreeTableAssignee: Martin Entlicher <mentlicher>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: rbalada
Priority: P3    
Version: 6.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: DEFECT Exception Reporter: 169684
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 186672    
Attachments: stacktrace

Description alied 2010-05-16 20:21:46 UTC
Build: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201005132200)
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 16.3-b01, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.6.0_20-b02
OS: Windows Vista

User Comments:
alied: debugging while trying to evaluate in the variables window. probably a null pointer somewhere.

alied: debugging

alied: debugging




Stacktrace: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at java.lang.String.compareTo(String.java:1167)
   at org.openide.explorer.view.OutlineView$OutlineViewOutline$OutlineViewOutlineColumn$NodeNestedComparator.compare(OutlineView.java:1228)
   at org.netbeans.swing.outline.Outline$OutlineColumn$OutlineRowComparator.compare(Outline.java:435)
   at org.netbeans.swing.outline.Outline$OutlineColumn$OutlineRowComparator.compare(Outline.java:365)
   at org.netbeans.swing.etable.ETableColumnModel$CompoundComparator.compare(ETableColumnModel.java:320)
   at org.netbeans.swing.etable.ETableColumnModel$CompoundComparator.compare(ETableColumnModel.java:308)
Comment 1 alied 2010-05-16 20:21:51 UTC
Created attachment 99061 [details]
stacktrace
Comment 2 Martin Entlicher 2010-06-08 10:10:07 UTC
getDisplayName() is null. This is probably returned by TreeModelNode in spi.viewmodel.
Comment 3 Martin Entlicher 2010-06-08 13:14:54 UTC
Fixed in changeset:   172626:c5327aad8fc7
http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/c5327aad8fc7
Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2010-06-09 06:53:58 UTC
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *201006090001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/c5327aad8fc7
User: mentlicher@netbeans.org
Log: #186225 - Assure that we do not return a null display name.
Comment 5 rbalada 2010-06-22 15:26:26 UTC
Please verify the bugfix asap.
Comment 6 rbalada 2010-06-22 15:40:54 UTC
I've prepared combined change in branch debugger_ports in release691 repository.
Comment 7 Marian Mirilovic 2010-06-23 08:02:40 UTC
verified in 20100622
Comment 8 rbalada 2010-06-24 22:03:40 UTC
Integrated into release691 repository

changeset:   171804:c30febb9fe6d
branch:      debugger_ports
user:        mentlicher@netbeans.org
date:        Tue Jun 08 13:41:25 2010 +0200
summary:     #186225 - Assure that we do not return a null display name.