Hi, I am using Drools-compiler.5.2.1.final. I am trying to convert an drl to xml and vice versa using DrlParser, DrlDumper, XMLPackageReader and XML Dumper. Drl to XML conversion works fine but XML to Drl throws NPE. I have placed the XML file under a folder called sample. NPE is thrown at line 5.. Also attached is the exception. Please suggest. TIA. Reader source = new InputStreamReader( DroolsConversionHelper.class.getResourceAsStream(xmlFileName)); PackageBuilderConfiguration conf = new PackageBuilderConfiguration(); XmlPackageReader reader = new XmlPackageReader(conf.getSemanticModules()); DrlDumper dumper = new DrlDumper(); //line 5 reader.read(source); PackageDescr descr = reader.getPackageDescr(); String test = dumper.dump(descr); System.out.println(test); java.lang.NullPointerException at org.drools.xml.ExtensibleXmlParser.resolveSchema(ExtensibleXmlParser.java:696) at org.drools.xml.ExtensibleXmlParser.resolveEntity(ExtensibleXmlParser.java:622) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.EntityResolverWrapper.resolveEntity(Unknown Source) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.resolveEntity(Unknown Source) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaLoader.resolveDocument(Unknown Source) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.findSchemaGrammar(Unknown Source) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.handleStartElement(Unknown Source) Regards, Praveen. -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/How-to-read-XML-using-XMLPackageReader-... Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com.