When I use NetBeans for almost any task (in particular, attempting to open a project), a red minus sign in the bottom right corner of the IDE starts blinking and I get the following NullPointerException error when I click it. Unfortunately I cannot reinstall NetBeans since I am using a shared computer lab account.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.openide.util.Exceptions.attachMessage(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.project.ant.Util$ErrHandler.annotate(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.project.ant.Util$ErrHandler.fatalError(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:388)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1414)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:925)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:140)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:807)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:107)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:225)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:283)
at org.openide.xml.XMLUtil.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.project.ant.AntBasedProjectFactorySingleton.loadProjectXml(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.project.ant.AntBasedProjectFactorySingleton.loadProject(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectManager.createProject(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectManager.access$300(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectManager$2.run(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectManager$2.run(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.util.Mutex.readAccess(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectManager.findProject(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList.fileToProject(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectChooserAccessory$ProjectFileView.run(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(Unknown Source)
[catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(Unknown Source)I took vkraemer's advice and renamed the ~/.netbeans/6.5 directory. I am now able to open one project, but attempting to open another caused 4 errors including the one above.
In addition, attempting to add a server caused the following error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardVisual.isServerValid(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardVisual.isValid(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.invalidateIfValid(Component.java:2787)
at java.awt.Component.setLocale(Component.java:1857)
at javax.swing.JComponent.(JComponent.java:595)
at javax.swing.JPanel.(JPanel.java:65)
at javax.swing.JPanel.(JPanel.java:92)
at javax.swing.JPanel.(JPanel.java:100)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardVisual.(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardPanel.getComponent(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard$AddServerInstanceWizardIterator.initialize(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.WizardDescriptor.callInitialize(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.WizardDescriptor.(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.WizardDescriptor.(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard.(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard.(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard.showAddServerInstanceWizard(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.node.AddServerInstanceAction.performAction(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.util.actions.NodeAction$DelegateAction$1.run(Unknown Source)
at org.netbeans.modules.openide.util.ActionsBridge.doPerformAction(Unknown Source)
at org.openide.util.actions.NodeAction$DelegateAction.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:357)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1225)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1266)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6263)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6028)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2041)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4574)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
[catch] at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at org.netbeans.core.TimableEventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
