[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-2834) java.lang.NullPointerException regression between 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 (related to HHH-252)

java.lang.NullPointerException regression between 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 (related to HHH-252) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-2834 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-2834 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.2.2, 3.2.3 Environment: Hibernate version:3.2.3 Hibernate annotations version:3.3.0 Hibernate entity manager version:3.3.1 Hsqldb 1.8.0 Reporter: Vincent Sevel Attachments: sources.txt, test_code_and_exception.txt Code that was working in 3.2.2, now throws a null pointer in 3.2.3 after bug HHH-252 was fixed. In the stack trace belowe, a FixedLoanDepositInstrumentEty instance is created and merged. The embedded contractRef is null. When the new code in TypeFactory.replaceAssociations() gets executed, there is an attempt to get field values from the null component, which leads eventually to the exception.