Code issue - NPE ---------------- Key: HHH-5327 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-5327 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.5.3 Environment: any Reporter: Fred Toussi package org.hibernate.tuple.component class AbstractComponentTuplizer public void setPropertyValues(Object component, Object[] values) throws HibernateException { for ( int i = 0; i < propertySpan; i++ ) { setters[i].set( component, values[i], null ); } } The null "factory" argument is used via Dom4jAccessor$ElementSetter() and eventually dereferenced, causing NPE. Issue shows up in: [org.hibernate.test.entitymode.dom4j.component.Dom4jComponentTest#testSetAccessorsFailureExpected] -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira