[GitHub] [maven-compiler-plugin] sormuras edited a comment on issue #28: MCOMPILER-359 - Fix for NPE

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sormuras edited a comment on issue #28: MCOMPILER-359 - Fix for NPE
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-compiler-plugin/pull/28#issuecomment-566862745
 
 
   This is line that yields the NPE:
   https://github.com/apache/maven-compiler-plugin/blob/maven-compiler-plugin-3.8.1/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/TestCompilerMojo.java#L254
   
   The initial value assigned "cause" is tested for being "null":
   
   ```
   253:                    Throwable cause = pathException.getValue().getCause();
   254:                    while ( cause.getCause() != null )
   255:                    {
   256:                        cause = cause.getCause();
   257:                    }
   ```
   
   Current master branch doesn't differ, i.e. it also will throw a NPE.
   
   Robert: Should the initial cause of a "path exception value" always be assigned?
   If not, just report the path exception without the message pointing to the cause?

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