PojoEntityTuplizer.getPropertyValue throws unspecified NullPointerException when requesting non-existing property ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-6778 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-6778 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.6.7 Reporter: Jiri Mares Priority: Critical {code} public Object getPropertyValue(Object entity, String propertyPath) throws HibernateException { int loc = propertyPath.indexOf('.'); String basePropertyName = loc > 0 ? propertyPath.substring( 0, loc ) : propertyPath; //final int index = entityMetamodel.getPropertyIndexOrNull( basePropertyName ); Integer index = entityMetamodel.getPropertyIndexOrNull( basePropertyName ); if (index == null) { propertyPath = "_identifierMapper." + propertyPath; loc = propertyPath.indexOf('.'); basePropertyName = loc > 0 ? propertyPath.substring( 0, loc ) : propertyPath; } index = entityMetamodel.getPropertyIndexOrNull( basePropertyName ); final Object baseValue = getPropertyValue( entity, index.intValue() ); if ( loc > 0 ) { if ( baseValue == null ) { return null; } return getComponentValue( (ComponentType) entityMetamodel.getPropertyTypes()[index.intValue()], baseValue, propertyPath.substring(loc+1) ); } else { return baseValue; } } {code} problem is on this line {code} final Object baseValue = getPropertyValue( entity, index.intValue() ); {code} where {{index}} is used eventhough can be {{null}}. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira