[SOLVED] java.lang.NullPointerException

[jon80]

:confused:

import java.io.*;
/**
 * This program executes an external program.
 * @author http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0014.html - adapted
 *
 */
public class ExecuteExternalProgram {


	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		 try {
		    [B]  Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec
		      	(System.getenv("C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_14\\bin\\jconsole"));
                        p.waitFor();[/B]
		    }
		    catch (Exception err) {
		      err.printStackTrace();
		    }
		    
	}
}

Error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
at ExecuteExternalProgram.main(ExecuteExternalProgram .java:13)

[masijade]

This

System.getenv("C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_14\\bin\\jconsole")

is returning null.

"getenv" is for getting environement variables, and when the requested variable doesn't exist (as

"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_14\\bin\\jconsole"

doesn't) it returns null, and exec throws an NPE when called with null.

[Eranga]

Adding more, just try to debug the code and see before asking such questions lol. And also if you have find the solution for your question, if you can put a comment back there. It's much better. :)

[jon80]

I thought that this was not named a Rant forum...

[masijade]

I don't know where you are seeing any rants, although one is now about to come.

I have seen multiple questions from you here, and most of them could be solved by simply taking two seconds of actually looking at what you are doing. And for the others you have gotten good advice and seem to take umbrage at it.

Oh, well, another addition to the ignore list.

[Eranga]

Yes jon, think about what masijade says here seriously.

[Singing Boyo]

Yes jon... sometimes you post without thinking.

If you can't solve something, don't just immediately post on the forum. Try to solve it, read API docs, etc. Most of the time it's far better (and sometimes easier) for you to find the problem than it is to have others find it for you.

Also, Runtime.exec executes system console commands. If you are executing a java program, use java MyApp, or if it is a jar file use java -jar MyJar.jar. For other programs (though yours appears to be a java application) see this thread. It's long and has quite a few errors and some guesswork, but we did get it eventually.

[jon80]

I leave it up to you to think whatever you like, and without feeling the need to justify myself, it's perfectly normal that people ask for help when they are stuck. I'm not sure why this seems to sound personal, however, I've seen a lot of posts that seek help that do not have "rant" kind of comments looking down on newbies.

If you have a problem helping other people, it would be just polite to ignore the forum than insulting other members! Why have you setup a forum after all??

Btw, I do look up the API books etc just for your frigging knowledge!


Cheers.

[Eranga]

No here insulting on you jon. What they want to do is helping you in your questions. But not just giving a code segment or a hint in straightly. They(including me) want to guide you to the solution while learning related stuff. That's why we ask from you to search on API, Forum a and web before asking question.

You ask a question, and within couple of minutes/hours you mark the thread as solved. That means you found the solution before we commenting on it. So what my suggestion is, if you have spend some times on that way, the way you found the solution, it's much useful to you.