[WAGON-132] Null-Pointer Exception when password tag missing or empty in maven2 settings.xml

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: wagon-ftp
• Environment: Windows-XP, Maven 2.0.2
• Assignee: Carlos Sanchez Gonzalez
• Reporter: Alex Rueegg
• Created: 24/May/06 11:07
• Updated: 14/May/08 02:06
• Resolved: 08/Jun/06 10:39

Description

A Null-Pointer Exception is thrown when the password tag in settings.xml is not given or kept blank. I guess it is this line
if ( !ftp.login( username.trim(), password.trim() ) )
where the trim() method is invoked on a null object.

Issue Links

• duplicates: WAGON-131 NPE in wagon-ftp