NullPointerException in AvroSerializationProvider due to wrong resource path ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HSEARCH-921 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HSEARCH-921 Project: Hibernate Search Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 4.0.0.Beta1 Reporter: Hardy Ferentschik Priority: Critical Fix For: 4.0.0.Beta2 {code} private void parseSchema(String filename) { String fullFileName = V1_PATH + filename + ".avro"; fullFileName = fullFileName.replace( '/', File.separatorChar ); InputStream in = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream( fullFileName ); String messageSchemaAsString; try { messageSchemaAsString = readInputStream( in, fullFileName ); } finally { try { in.close(); } catch ( IOException e ) { //we don't care } } schemas.put( filename, messageSchemaAsString ); } {code} the problem is: {code} fullFileName = fullFileName.replace( '/', File.separatorChar ); {code} Since the files are loaded from the jar the forward slash has to be used regardless. On windows you will get a wrong file name and the loading of the resource will fail. See also: https://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1012548 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira