SonarQube Runner throws NullPointerException during analysis

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UPDATE: I am running it on Fedora 21. SonarQube - 5.0. SonarQube Runner - 2.4

UPDATE2: Findbugs v3.1, Java Plugin v2.8

UPDATE3: Analyzer fails on the following file:

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

public class MyManager extends ParentManager {
    public MyManager(int id, int var1, int var2, int var3) {
        super(id, var1, var2, var3);
    }

    public void load() {
        Connection con = null;
        Statement st;
        ResultSet res;

        try {

            con = DatabaseManager.getDataSource().getConnection();
            st = con.createStatement();

            int currentId = 0;
            CurrentData currentData= null;

            res = st.executeQuery("SELECT subjects.subjectname" + " AS name, " +
                    " subjects.subjectcode AS code, " +
                    " groups.groupname AS gname, " +
                    " groups.groupID AS gID , " +
                    " subjects.sID AS sID, " +
                    " groups.isMain AS ismain   " +
                    " FROM joinGroup LEFT JOIN groups ON joinGroup.groupID=groups.groupID " +
                    " LEFT JOIN subjects ON subjects.sID=groups.sID " +
                    " WHERE joinGroup.sID=" + id + "  " +
                    " AND groups.var1" + var1 + " AND groups.var2=" + var2 + " " +
                    " ORDER BY name, subjects.subjectcode, subjects.sID ");
            while (res.next()) {
                if (currentId != res.getInt("sID")) {
                    currentData = new CurrentData();
                    data.subjects.add(currentData);
                    currentData.subjectName = res.getString("name");
                    currentData.subjectID = res.getInt("sID");
                }
                CurrentGroupData groupData = new CurrentGroupData();
                groupData.name = res.getString("gname");
                groupData.id = res.getInt("gID");
                currentId = res.getInt("sID");
                if (res.getBoolean("ismain")) {
                    assert currentData != null;
                    currentData.groupID = res.getInt("gID");
                }
                if (currentData != null) {
                    currentData.groups.add(groupData);
                }
            }

            loadSubjectsData(st, res);

        } catch (Exception exc) {
            Log.writeLog(ex);
        } finally {
            try {
                con.close();
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                Log.writeLog(e);
            }
        }
    }
}

I have installed SonarQube following the tutorials on sonar website. I am able to browse to localhost:9000 and it shows start page. Then I try to analyze the project via command: sonar-runner. It fails. Running sonar-runner -X displays the following:

> ERROR: Error during Sonar runner execution org.sonar.runner.impl.RunnerException: Unable to execute Sonar at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher$1.delegateExecution(BatchLauncher.java:91) at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher$1.run(BatchLauncher.java:75) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher.doExecute(BatchLauncher.java:69) at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher.execute(BatchLauncher.java:50) at org.sonar.runner.api.EmbeddedRunner.doExecute(EmbeddedRunner.java:102) at org.sonar.runner.api.Runner.execute(Runner.java:100) at org.sonar.runner.Main.executeTask(Main.java:70) at org.sonar.runner.Main.execute(Main.java:59) at org.sonar.runner.Main.main(Main.java:53) Caused by: org.sonar.squidbridge.api.AnalysisException: SonarQube is unable to analyze file : '/path/to/my/file/MyFile.java' at org.sonar.java.ast.AstScanner.simpleScan(AstScanner.java:114) at org.sonar.java.ast.AstScanner.scan(AstScanner.java:75) at org.sonar.java.JavaSquid.scanSources(JavaSquid.java:122) at org.sonar.java.JavaSquid.scan(JavaSquid.java:115) at org.sonar.plugins.java.JavaSquidSensor.analyse(JavaSquidSensor.java:91) at org.sonar.batch.phases.SensorsExecutor.executeSensor(SensorsExecutor.java:79) at org.sonar.batch.phases.SensorsExecutor.execute(SensorsExecutor.java:70) at org.sonar.batch.phases.PhaseExecutor.execute(PhaseExecutor.java:122) at org.sonar.batch.scan.ModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(ModuleScanContainer.java:222) at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:93) at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:78) at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scan(ProjectScanContainer.java:235) at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:230) at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:223) at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:93) at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:78) at org.sonar.batch.scan.ScanTask.scan(ScanTask.java:65) at org.sonar.batch.scan.ScanTask.execute(ScanTask.java:52) at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.TaskContainer.doAfterStart(TaskContainer.java:128) at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:93) at org.sonar.api.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:78) at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.BootstrapContainer.executeTask(BootstrapContainer.java:171) at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.executeTask(Batch.java:95) at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:67) at org.sonar.runner.batch.IsolatedLauncher.execute(IsolatedLauncher.java:48) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.sonar.runner.impl.BatchLauncher$1.delegateExecution(BatchLauncher.java:87) ... 9 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isIdentifierDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:67) at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:54) at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:49) at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:57) at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:49) at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:57) at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:49) at org.sonar.java.checks.AbstractInjectionChecker.isDynamicString(AbstractInjectionChecker.java:57) at org.sonar.java.checks.SQLInjectionCheck.visitNode(SQLInjectionCheck.java:48) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:95) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visitChildren(SubscriptionVisitor.java:113) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.visit(SubscriptionVisitor.java:97) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.scanTree(SubscriptionVisitor.java:73) at org.sonar.java.ast.visitors.SubscriptionVisitor.scanFile(SubscriptionVisitor.java:67) at org.sonar.java.model.VisitorsBridge.visitFile(VisitorsBridge.java:122) at com.sonar.sslr.impl.ast.AstWalker.walkAndVisit(AstWalker.java:67) at org.sonar.java.ast.AstScanner.simpleScan(AstScanner.java:107) ... 38 more >

Didn't do anything "exotic", just followed the official tutorials like this one: http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONAR/Analyzing+with+SonarQube+Runner

I am running it locally. Any ideas?

Thanks

Which version of SonarQube and of the SonarQube Java plugin are you using? — Mithfindel
SonarQube - 5.0 SonarQube Runner - 2.4 On the website it says that SonarQube comes with Java Plugin already installed. So I assume Java Plugin version is 2.8, right? How do I lookup the Java Plugin version? — Timson
This will be in the server's settings section, category "Update Center". — Mithfindel
This seems to be an issue in the SQLInjectionCheck. Would you be able to share the code of the file the analysis is failing upon ? — benzonico
Not sure about sharing the code. Its one of the company projects that I started working on recently. Will look into that. But shouldn't sonar analyzing engine be INDEPENDENT of the code? — Timson

vrudkovsk vrudkovsk · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-24T16:00:49

I got similar problem with ReturnEmptyArrayyNotNullCheck. As a workaround I disabled that rule in sonarqube web gui. Log in as an admin. Click Rules in the top menu. Search for SQL or Inject or whatever other word to find the rule you think is causing analysis failures. Then select the rule and disable it in the quality profile attached to your project. Of course this rule will be ignored totally in all attached projects.

SonarQube Runner throws NullPointerException during analysis

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