NullPointerException in ASMOperation

From: Ed Willink <ed_at_example.com>
Date: Sat Jan 08 2005 - 19:28:30 CET

Hi

I'm trying to get a simple example goinf to find out how the
EMF interaction works. But I get a crash when running or debugging.

Observation: File extensions should be allowed in the configuration
set path for input/meta-models since EMF likes them to be .ecore.

Observation: The debug aspect should appear automatically (or after a prompt)
just like with Java.

Attached is a very simple application

Chemistry.xmi - renamed chemistry.ecore from EMF
Water.xmi - an instantiation of Chemistry.xmi via the EMF edit plug-in
Water2Water.atl - a very boring transformation

When I run I get

****** BEGIN Stack Trace
        exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:227)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:210)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:210)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMInterpreter.<init>(ASMInterpreter.java:186)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:88)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:59)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:49)
        at org.atl.eclipse.adt.launching.AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.startDebuggee(AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:150)
        at org.atl.eclipse.adt.launching.AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.launch(AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:93)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:569)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin.buildAndLaunch(DebugUIPlugin.java:788)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin$6.run(DebugUIPlugin.java:955)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:66)
A.main() : ??#17 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
A.matcher() : ??#6 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
A.matchM2M() : ??#2 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
****** END Stack Trace
****** BEGIN Stack Trace
        exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:227)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:210)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:210)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMInterpreter.<init>(ASMInterpreter.java:186)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:88)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:59)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:49)
        at org.atl.eclipse.adt.launching.AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.startDebuggee(AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:150)
        at org.atl.eclipse.adt.launching.AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.launch(AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:93)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:569)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin.buildAndLaunch(DebugUIPlugin.java:788)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin$6.run(DebugUIPlugin.java:955)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:66)
A.main() : ??#17 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
A.matcher() : ??#8 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
A.matchA2A() : ??#2 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
****** END Stack Trace
****** BEGIN Stack Trace
        exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:227)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:210)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.realExec(ASMOperation.java:210)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMOperation.exec(ASMOperation.java:147)
        at org.mda.asm.ASMInterpreter.<init>(ASMInterpreter.java:186)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:88)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:59)
        at org.atl.eclipse.engine.AtlLauncher.launch(AtlLauncher.java:49)
        at org.atl.eclipse.adt.launching.AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.startDebuggee(AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:150)
        at org.atl.eclipse.adt.launching.AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.launch(AtlLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:93)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:569)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin.buildAndLaunch(DebugUIPlugin.java:788)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin$6.run(DebugUIPlugin.java:955)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:66)
A.main() : ??#17 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
A.matcher() : ??#10 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
A.matchB2B() : ??#2 null
        local variables = {self=Water2Water : ASMModule}
        local stack = []
****** END Stack Trace

When I try to debug I get

Trying to connect to remote debuggee
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.mda.asm.adwp.ADWPDebugger.run(ADWPDebugger.java:125)
Connected.

I eventually deduced this one.

My ATL contains Water!Molecule rather than Chemistry!Molecule.
Please improve the diagnostic.

    Regards

        Ed Willink
           

Received on Sat Jan 08 10:28:45 2005