Newbie getting java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

ChadCrossman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:16 am **Posts:** 3

Hi Guys,

I am new to Hibernate and I followed the examples in the Data Persistence in Hibernate book. It all worked fine. I then tried to develop my own application on a new machine and it gave me the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.reset(Configuration.java:168)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:187)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:191)
at uk.co.accris.bookshop.HibernateTester.<init>(HibernateTester.java:28)
at uk.co.accris.bookshop.TestContainer.main(TestContainer.java:20)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.hibernate.util.ConfigHelper.getResourceAsStream(ConfigHelper.java:144)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Environment.<clinit>(Environment.java:529)
... 5 more

I tried to re-run my test application, which I copied over, and it gives the same error. I am assuming that something is no longer on the path, but what and how do I fix it?

I am really desperate as I have to show Hibernate working tomorrow to the project manager.

TIA
Chad

cheesus · **Posted:** Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:22 pm

Well, Environment:529 is

Code:

InputStream stream = ConfigHelper.getResourceAsStream("/hibernate.properties");

so go check whether your hibernate.properties is in the classpath...

Cheers, Tom.

ChadCrossman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:16 am **Posts:** 3

Thanks Tom,

How did you get the error meaning?

cheesus · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:45 am

Well, I just went down the stacktrace, and as I wrote, in Environment,
line 529, I found what I pasted here.
You obviously need the source code for that, preferably integrated in
Eclipse or whatever your IDE is.

Please rate answers if they help solve your problem.

Cheers, Tom.