Exception in JasperFillManager.fillReport() line

[Kunal Lakhani]

I have created an application with report features. report features is created via iReport
My application also contains a reports folder containing all .japser files

Here is the code

public MyiReportViewer(InputStream stream,HashMap parameter)  
{  
this();  
try  
{  
/* load the required JDBC driver and create the connection 
here JDBC Type Four Driver for MySQL is used*/  
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");  
Connection con =  
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE","hibernate","hibernate");  
/*(Here the parameter file should be in .jasper extension 
i.e., the compiled report)*/  
JasperPrint print = JasperFillManager.fillReport(  
stream, parameter, con);  
JRViewer viewer=new JRViewer(print);  
Container c=getContentPane();  
c.setLayout(new BorderLayout());  
c.add(viewer);  
}  
catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe)  
{  
cnfe.printStackTrace();  
}  
catch(SQLException sqle)  
{  
sqle.printStackTrace();  
}  
catch(JRException jre)  
{  
jre.printStackTrace();  
}  
}  

   public MyiReportViewer(InputStream stream)  
{  
this(stream,null);  
}  


*(Another (calling) class)

 private void studentReportEnrActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                   
            String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the Student Enrollment No");  
            if (input != null) {  
                try {  
                    long enrollMentNo = Long.parseLong(input);  
                    HashMap parameters = new HashMap();  
                    System.out.println(enrollMentNo);  
                    parameters.put("EnrollmentNo", enrollMentNo);  
                    InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("reports/Student's Detail.jasper");  
                    MyiReportViewer myiReportViewer = new MyiReportViewer(in, parameters);  
                    myiReportViewer.setBounds(  
                            0, 0, desktopPane.getWidth(), desktopPane.getHeight());  
                    myiReportViewer.setVisible(true);  
                    desktopPane.add(myiReportViewer);  
                    myiReportViewer.setSelected(true);  
                } catch (PropertyVetoException pve) {  
                    pve.printStackTrace();  
                } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {  
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(  
                            this, "Please input numbers only");  
                }  
            }  
        }                    

This throws the following exception :
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.read(ObjectInputStream.java:2266)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(ObjectInputStream.java:2279)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(ObjectInputStream.java:2750)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(ObjectInputStream.java:780)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(ObjectInputStream.java:280)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.ContextClassLoaderObjectInputStream.<init>(ContextClassLoaderObjectInputStream.java:57)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader.loadObject(JRLoader.java:197)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fillReport(JasperFillManager.java:380)
at sms.ui.ireport.MyiReportViewer.<init>(MyiReportViewer.java:53)
..................
..................

Line no 53 of MyiReportViewer is :
JasperPrint print = JasperFillManager.fillReport(
stream, parameter, con);

The stream passed in line no 53 is null. (verified by an if condition)

How should i correct it

[NormR1]

Are you saying that the stream parameter passed to the MyiReportViewer constructor is null?
Can you look at the code that calls that method and see why?

[Kunal Lakhani]

Yes NormR1. Parameter passed to MyiReportViewer constructor is null...
This verifies it :

public MyiReportViewer(InputStream stream,HashMap parameter)
{
this();
try
{
    if(stream==null){
        System.out.println("Null stream");

    }
//some codes

[NormR1]

Why does the caller of the method pass a null value?

[Kunal Lakhani]

The caller of this constructor passes a file as a stream

InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("reports/StaffDetail.jasper");

                    MyiReportViewer myiReportViewer = new MyiReportViewer(
                            in, parameters);

[NormR1]

The code should test that the file exists and that the value of in is not null before calling the method.

[Kunal Lakhani]

But, the file exists...

[NormR1]

Then why is the value of in null?
To show where the program is looking for the file, create a File object with the path that is in the getResourceAsStream() method call and print out the File's absolute path.

[Kunal Lakhani]

Tried this :

File f = new File("reports/Student's Detail.jasper");
System.out.println(f.getAbsolutePath());

It prints
D:\HIbernate 26th April\FinalStudent\reports\Student's Detail.jasper
HIbernate 26th April- name of workspace
FinalStudent - name of project
reports folder contains all .jasper files

structure of the project (in IDE)

FinalStudent
--src
------org.nit.Entity
------org.nit.Dao
............
............
reports
----all .jasper files

[NormR1]

You changed the file name:

this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("reports/StaffDetail.jasper");

vs

File f = new File("reports/Student's Detail.jasper");

Did the print out show you anything?
Is the path that printed what you expected?

[Kunal Lakhani]

sorry. I changed the file name. It still gives the NullPointerException
and the file path is correct
D:\HIbernate 26th April\FinalStudent\reports\Student's Detail.jasper
D: is the location
HIbernate 26th April- name of workspace
FinalStudent - name of project
reports folder contains all .jasper files

[NormR1]

If the file is where the program is looking for it and the spelling is correct, then the value of in should not be null.

[Kunal Lakhani]

But, the value is null. Spelling is also correct

[Kunal Lakhani]

Stranger thing is that, the code doesn't works in IDE, but, when i converted it into .exe, it works fine. All modules (even report) works fine. Still wonder , why?

[NormR1]

The paths are different in the IDE.

[Kunal Lakhani]

Yes, different than jar. Is this the reason?

[Kunal Lakhani]

But still, i wonder, why it doesn't works in IDE

[NormR1]

The getResource methods use the classpath. The IDE can set the classpath to be different from when you use the java command.

[Kunal Lakhani]

Okay..Thanks a lot NormR1. :)