Hi, I am getting NPE at line 3, I doubt if SimpleCredentials is an issue over here. Please provide inputs if someone has faced the same. try { Repository repository = configurator.getJCRRepository( repositoryHomeDirectory ); Credentials credentials = new SimpleCredentials("admin", "admin".toCharArray()); //line 3 Session session = repository.login(credentials, "production"); Node node = session.getRootNode(); System.out.println("root node path: " + node.getPath()); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } TIA. Regards, Praveen. -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/NPE-while-creating-Session-using-Simple... Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com.