[MNG-4858] NullPointerException if goal name is malformed

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.1
• Component/s: Errors
• Assignee: Brett Porter
• Reporter: Brett Porter
• Created: 08/Oct/10 09:58
• Updated: 08/Oct/10 10:35
• Resolved: 08/Oct/10 10:35

Description

Typing a goal like:

mvn help:

or

mvn group:artifact:version:goal:onetoomany

Results in:

[ERROR] NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoDescriptorCreator.findPlugin(MojoDescriptorCreator.java:288)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoDescriptorCreator.injectPluginDeclarationFromProject(MojoDescriptorCreator.java:268)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoDescriptorCreator.getMojoDescriptor(MojoDescriptorCreator.java:211)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.calculateTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.java:106)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.calculateTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleTaskSegmentCalculator.java:86)
	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:98)

In Maven 2.2.1, it produced an error message to adjust the goal format.