help debugging: exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException

[freqrush]

I get these errors in Netbeans when running JSynthLib:
Does it mean there's something wrong with my java installation or is the problem with JSynthLib ?

Some info about how to read/solve these errors is welcome too.

Thanks in advance

init:
deps-jar:
Compiling 5 source files to /home/peter/NetBeansProjects/JSynthLib/build/classes
Copying 10 files to /home/peter/NetBeansProjects/JSynthLib/build/classes
compile:
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 3
        at core.MidiUtil.setSysexInputQueue(MidiUtil.java:367)
        at core.Device.setInPort(Device.java:326)
        at core.Device.setup(Device.java:117)
        at core.AppConfig.addDevice(AppConfig.java:351)
        at core.AppConfig.loadPrefs(AppConfig.java:49)
        at core.PatchEdit.<init>(PatchEdit.java:40)
        at JSynthLib.main(JSynthLib.java:33)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at core.JSLDesktop$JSLFakeDesktop.getSelectedWindow(JSLDesktop.java:386)
        at core.JSLDesktop.getSelectedWindow(JSLDesktop.java:147)
        at core.PatchEdit.getInstance(PatchEdit.java:125)
        at core.ErrorMsg.reportError(ErrorMsg.java:59)
        at core.PatchEdit.<init>(PatchEdit.java:74)
        at JSynthLib.main(JSynthLib.java:33)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at core.PatchEdit.showPrefsDialog(PatchEdit.java:114)
        at core.Actions$PrefsAction.actionPerformed(Actions.java:1340)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2012)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2335)
        at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:404)
        at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:374)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1688)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1732)
        at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6108)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3276)
        at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5873)
        at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2105)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4469)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2163)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4295)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4461)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4125)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4055)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2149)
        at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4295)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:604)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:275)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:200)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:190)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:185)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:177)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:138)

[r035198x]

Either something wrong with JSynthLib (whatever that is) or you did not follow all the JSynthLib setup/usage instruction steps.

[freqrush]

Thanks for the reply,
JSynthLib is an open source project that wants to support editing hardware synthesizers from the computer.
But I have to write a driver for it to support my synthesizer. That's why I need to learn Java.

Is there any meaning in the order of the messages ?

I see core.PatchEdit always comes up as one of the last 'at ...' problems, but with the last exception, it shows up first.

Where do I have to look ? What do these error messages say ?

[r035198x]

If you don't understand the meanings of ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException and NullPointerException then you probably need to start by reading Sun's Java tutorial.

[freqrush]

Do you mean
1. that every time a programmer reads such errors, he goes to the sun's java tutorial and reads the whole tutorial again ?

2. Or does he go to each file that comes up after "at " and look for mistakes at the line number indicated between ()'s?

3. Or does he first check the first file, try to find the mistake there, and if he found the mistake and fixed it, the other files don't have to be changed anymore because all the files depended on that one error to be fixed?

I just have to read so much currently that I'm loosing my orientation, so, sorry for the lazy questions :p

[r035198x]

Do you mean
1. that every time a programmer reads such errors, he goes to the sun's java tutorial and reads the whole tutorial again ?

No I did not say that. If you you don't understand what those exceptions are then chances are you have not read the Java tutorial. There is no point in trying to write programs in Java before reading the tutorial.

2. Or does he go to each file that comes up after "at " and look for mistakes at the line number indicated between ()'s?

3. Or does he first check the first file, try to find the mistake there, and if he found the mistake and fixed it, the other files don't have to be changed anymore because all the files depended on that one error to be fixed?

I just have to read so much currently that I'm loosing my orientation, so, sorry for the lazy questions :p

If the lines come from your code you can look at those lines in your code and try to fix them. You said it's not your code so either something is wrong with JSynthLib (whatever that is) or you did not follow all the JSynthLib setup/usage instruction steps.