I am getting the following NPE while running 

.../nbbuild > ant commit-validation-vw # commit-validation tests for VW

This happens in the seveth test (testAddStandardComponents).

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.AnnotationScanner.findAnnotatedTypes
(AnnotationScanner.java:87)
	at 
org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.persistenceapi.metadata.orm.annotation.EntityMappingsImpl$EntityProvider.createInitialObjects
(EntityMappingsImpl.java:369)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.PersistentObjectManager.ensureInitialized
(PersistentObjectManager.java:100)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.PersistentObjectManager.getObjects
(PersistentObjectManager.java:81)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.persistenceapi.metadata.orm.annotation.EntityMappingsImpl.getEntity
(EntityMappingsImpl.java:317)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jpa.model.ModelUtils.getEntity(ModelUtils.java:54)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jpa.verification.JPAProblemFinder.findProblemContext(JPAProblemFinder.java:178)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jpa.verification.JPAProblemFinder.access$100(JPAProblemFinder.java:65)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jpa.verification.JPAProblemFinder$1.run(JPAProblemFinder.java:110)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jpa.verification.JPAProblemFinder$1.run(JPAProblemFinder.java:99)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.persistenceapi.metadata.orm.annotation.EntityMappingsMetadataModelImpl$2.call
(EntityMappingsMetadataModelImpl.java:64)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.AnnotationModelHelper.runCallable
(AnnotationModelHelper.java:225)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.AnnotationModelHelper.access$100
(AnnotationModelHelper.java:60)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.AnnotationModelHelper$3.run
(AnnotationModelHelper.java:193)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.AnnotationModelHelper$3.run
(AnnotationModelHelper.java:195)
	at org.netbeans.api.java.source.JavaSource.runUserActionTask(JavaSource.java:564)
	at org.netbeans.api.java.source.JavaSource.runWhenScanFinished(JavaSource.java:684)
	at 
org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.support.annotation.AnnotationModelHelper.runJavaSourceTaskWhenScanFinished
(AnnotationModelHelper.java:191)
	at 
org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.persistenceapi.metadata.orm.annotation.EntityMappingsMetadataModelImpl.runReadActionWhenReady
(EntityMappingsMetadataModelImpl.java:62)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.metadata.model.api.MetadataModel.runReadActionWhenReady(MetadataModel.java:160)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jpa.verification.JPAProblemFinder.run(JPAProblemFinder.java:98)
	at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jpa.verification.JPAProblemFinder$ProblemFinderCompInfo.run
(JPAProblemFinder.java:324)
	at org.netbeans.api.java.source.JavaSource$CompilationJob.run(JavaSource.java:1484)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:417)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:269)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:123)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:650)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:675)
[catch] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)