NPE for misconfigure annotation ------------------------------- Key: JBMICROCONT-331 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBMICROCONT-331 Project: JBoss MicroContainer Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Adrian Brock Fix For: JBossMC.2.0.0.CR1 If you misconfigure an annotation in the xml, e.g. <annotation name="org.jboss.test.kernel.deployment.support.TestAnnotation1"/> instead of <annotation&gt;(a)org.jboss.test.kernel.deployment.support.TestAnnotation1&quot;&lt;/annotation&gt; You get this unhelpful error message: org.jboss.xb.binding.JBossXBException: Failed to parse source: file:/home/ejort/microcontainer/kernel/target/tests-classes/org/jboss/test/kernel/deployment/test/MutableMetaDataTestCase_NotAutomatic.xml@7,11 at org.jboss.xb.binding.parser.sax.SaxJBossXBParser.parse(SaxJBossXBParser.java:177) at org.jboss.xb.binding.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.java:139) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.xml.BasicXMLDeployer.deploy(BasicXMLDeployer.java:147) ... Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: QName {urn:jboss:bean-deployer:2.0}annotation error adding org.jboss.beans.metadata.plugins.AbstractAnnotationMetaData@18a8ce2 to collection java.util.HashSet@12789d2 at org.jboss.xb.builder.runtime.CollectionPropertyHandler.handle(CollectionPropertyHandler.java:154) at org.jboss.xb.builder.runtime.AbstractPropertyHandler.doHandle(AbstractPropertyHandler.java:98) at org.jboss.xb.builder.runtime.BeanHandler.setParent(BeanHandler.java:197) at org.jboss.xb.binding.group.ValueListHandler$FACTORY$1.newInstance(ValueListHandler.java:401) at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.unmarshalling.SundayContentHandler.endRepeatableParticle(SundayContentHandler.java:853) at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.unmarshalling.SundayContentHandler.endElement(SundayContentHandler.java:221) at org.jboss.xb.binding.parser.sax.SaxJBossXBParser$DelegatingContentHandler.endElement(SaxJBossXBParser.java:379) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.endElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.xb.binding.parser.sax.SaxJBossXBParser.parse(SaxJBossXBParser.java:173) ... 28 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.beans.metadata.plugins.AbstractAnnotationMetaData.getHashCode(AbstractAnnotationMetaData.java:160) at org.jboss.util.JBossObject.hashCode(JBossObject.java:175) at java.util.HashMap.put(HashMap.java:418) at java.util.HashSet.add(HashSet.java:194) at org.jboss.xb.builder.runtime.CollectionPropertyHandler.handle(CollectionPropertyHandler.java:150) ... 45 more -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira