Setting the "referencedColumnName" in @JoinColumnOrFormula throws an NPE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-4653 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4653 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: annotations Affects Versions: 3.5.0-Beta-2 Environment: Hibernate-3.5.0-Beta-2 MySQL 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 Reporter: Edgar Espina Attachments: Ejb3JoinColumn.java.patch, joinColumnOrFormula.zip Setting the "referencedColumnName" in @JoinColumnOrFormula throws an NPE at startup time. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at org.hibernate.cfg.Ejb3JoinColumn.overrideFromReferencedColumnIfNecessary(Ejb3JoinColumn.java:574) at org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.TableBinder.bindFk(TableBinder.java:332) at org.hibernate.cfg.ToOneFkSecondPass.doSecondPass(ToOneFkSecondPass.java:111) at org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration.processEndOfQueue(AnnotationConfiguration.java:502) at org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration.processFkSecondPassInOrder(AnnotationConfiguration.java:484) at org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration.secondPassCompile(AnnotationConfiguration.java:334) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1359) at org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration.buildSessionFactory(AnnotationConfiguration.java:858) at hibernateproofofconcept.Hibernate_3_5.main(Hibernate_3_5.java:16) A maven project is attached for testing purpose. I created a patch that fix the problem. Thanks -- 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