[GROOVY-3860] Groovydoc throws NullPointerException when link tag missing packages attribute

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.5
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.6, 1.7-rc-1
• Environment: Windows XP, Groovydoc called from ant
• Assignee: Roshan Dawrani
• Reporter: Kevin C. Dorff
• Created: 29/Oct/09 09:51
• Updated: 09/Dec/09 18:16
• Resolved: 30/Oct/09 07:56

Description

Called from Ant, I was porting existing <javadoc> to <groovydoc>. In <javadoc> my <link> tag did not have a packages attribute so it didn't occur to me to it. I tried to run the <groovydoc> task and Groovydoc throws a NullPointerException. A more useful error other than NullPointerException would be helpful.