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Bug 475136

Summary:	Internal Compiler error, java.lang.NullPointerException in JDT ReferenceBinding.isViewedAsDeprecated
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	stuart barlow <sbarlster>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	JDT-Core-Inbox <jdt-core-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	jarthana, stephan.herrmann
Version:	4.5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description stuart barlow

2015-08-17 07:07:15 EDT

We have just started to explore moving up to Java 8. The first part of our build is to run a -config:only build.

The JDT compiler fails with error...

[javac] ----------
[javac] 1. ERROR in C:\dev\TRUNK\Build\javac_classes\com\domain\core\sso\config\impl\SSOConfigurationState.java (at line 0)
[javac] /*
[javac] ^
[javac] Internal compiler error: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ReferenceBinding.isViewedAsDeprecated(ReferenceBinding.java:1589)
[javac] ----------
[javac] 2. WARNING: ContentAnnotationProcessor initialised.
[javac] 3. WARNING: Loading GenerateStateAnnotationProcessor
[javac] 3 problems (1 error, 2 warnings)

Comment 1 stuart barlow

2015-08-17 07:13:25 EDT

At present we are running this same build process with the Kepler release of the JDT tools. No NullPointerException.

I could try moving upto a more recent build than Mars (4.5)?

Comment 2 Stephan Herrmann

2015-08-17 16:31:20 EDT

(In reply to stuart barlow from comment #0)
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ReferenceBinding.isViewedAsDeprecated(ReferenceBinding.java:1589)

This line number doesn't match in Kepler + Java8 patch. More likely you are already using a newer version.

Anyway, a reproducing example would be most helpful. Does the error occur only with annotation processing enabled?

Comment 3 stuart barlow

2015-08-17 17:11:07 EDT

Thanks for reply Stephan. Apologies, maybe some confusion. This defect is not with Kepler release. This error is when using Mars release.

Yes, error only happens with annotation processing only. -config:only

I tried switching to JDK compiler but it doesn't seem to cope very well with a -config:only build.

Comment 4 Stephan Herrmann

2015-08-17 17:16:01 EDT

Any chance to reduce the problem to a demo project that you could share?

Comment 5 stuart barlow

2015-08-17 17:26:37 EDT

Possibly. :-) the current project is very large. I'll try and reduce it down to something small that fails with the same error.

Comment 6 Eclipse Genie

2020-03-16 19:41:04 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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