[MDEPLOY-101] Deploying javadoc or sources file without generating POM causes NPE in VersionExpressionTransformation.transformVersions(VersionExpressionTransformation.java:203)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: deploy:deploy-file

Environment

Apache Maven 2.1.0 (r755702; 2009-03-18 20:10:27+0100)
Java version: 1.6.0_07
Java home: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x" version: "10.5.6" arch: "x86_64" Family: "mac"

• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Martin Burger
• Created: 16/Apr/09 03:14
• Updated: 10/Sep/13 14:01
• Resolved: 10/Sep/13 14:01

Description

If I deploy a "sources" or "javadoc" file (with proper classifier set) without generating a POM (generatePom=false), Maven throws a NullPointerException:

$ mvn deploy:deploy-file \
>     -Dfile=javassist-sources.jar \
>     -Dclassifier=sources \
>     -DgroupId=javassist \
>     -DartifactId=javassist \
>     -Dversion=3.10.0.GA \
>     -Dpackaging=jar \
>     -DgeneratePom=false \
>     -DrepositoryId=thirdparty \
>     -Durl=dav:https://***/nexus/content/repositories/thirdparty
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'deploy'.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Javassist
[INFO]    task-segment: [deploy:deploy-file] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [deploy:deploy-file]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] null
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.maven.project.artifact.VersionExpressionTransformation.transformVersions(VersionExpressionTransformation.java:203)
        at org.apache.maven.project.artifact.VersionExpressionTransformation.transformForDeployment(VersionExpressionTransformation.java:94)
        at org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.transformForDeployment(DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.java:78)
        at org.apache.maven.artifact.deployer.DefaultArtifactDeployer.deploy(DefaultArtifactDeployer.java:86)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.deploy.DeployFileMojo.execute(DeployFileMojo.java:240)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:483)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:678)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:553)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:523)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:371)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:268)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:181)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:356)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:137)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:356)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)

If I set generatePom to true, it will work.

Issue Links

• duplicates: MDEPLOY-84 NPE when deploy-file with generatePom=false