How to solve null pointer exception in selenium webdriver with java

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My Java

public class LaunchApplication {
    private String LAUNCHAPPLICATION_STATUS=null;
    private String LAUNCHAPPLICATION_MESSAGE=null;


    @Test
    @Parameters({"RUN_USING_SG","BROWSER_CODE","URL","TITLE","PLATFORM","VERSION"})
    public void LAUNCHAPPLICATION(String RunUsingSG,String BrowserCode,String URL,String Title,String Platform,String Version) throws MalformedURLException
    {
        try
        {
            System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
            DesiredCapabilities dc=new DesiredCapabilities();
            if(BrowserCode.equalsIgnoreCase("IE32"))
            {
                System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",System.getProperty("user.dir")+"/AllDrivers/IEDriverServer_32bit_OS.exe");
                dc.setBrowserName("internet explorer");
                dc.setVersion(Version);
                Config.driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();

            }
            if(BrowserCode.equalsIgnoreCase("IE64"))
            { 
                System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",System.getProperty("user.dir")+"/AllDrivers/IEDriverServer_64bit_OS.exe");
                dc.setBrowserName("internet explorer");
                dc.setVersion(Version);
                Config.driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
            }
            if(BrowserCode.equalsIgnoreCase("FF"))
            { 
                FirefoxProfile firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile();
                dc.setBrowserName("firefox"); 
                dc.setVersion(Version);
                Config.driver=new FirefoxDriver();
            }
            if(RunUsingSG.equalsIgnoreCase("Y"))
            {
                Config.driver=new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"),dc);

            }

            if(Platform.equalsIgnoreCase("WINDOWS"))
            {dc.setPlatform(org.openqa.selenium.Platform.WINDOWS);}
            Config.driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            Config.driver.get(URL);
            Config.driver.manage().window().maximize();
            //perform final validation
            if(Config.driver.getTitle().toLowerCase().equalsIgnoreCase(Title))
            {
                LAUNCHAPPLICATION_STATUS="PASS";
                LAUNCHAPPLICATION_MESSAGE="EXPECTED BROWSER TITLE:"+Title+", ACTUAL BROWSER TITLE :"+Config.driver.getTitle()+", FOR THE URL:"+URL;
            }


        }//end of try

        catch(Exception generalException)
        {
            LAUNCHAPPLICATION_STATUS="FAIL";
            LAUNCHAPPLICATION_MESSAGE= "EXPECTED BROWSER TITLE:"+Title+", ACTUAL BROWSER TITLE :"+Config.driver.getTitle()+", FOR THE URL:"+URL+". DETAILS:Exception Occoured:"+generalException.getLocalizedMessage();

        }
    }

    //@BeforeTest
     //public void f1(ITestContext ctx) {

        //  if(ctx.getCurrentXmlTest().getParameter("EXECUTE").equals("NO"))
          //    {
            //  throw new SkipException("skiping this test case");
            //}


}

I am Getting an error of null pointer exception in above code when executing through testng.I don't know why? and when I am executing through junit it is working fine?So Any Help? I Think this may occured because I have declared LAUNCHAPPLICATION_STATUS=null; or any other problem.

org.testng.TestNGException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.testng.TestNG.initializeSuitesAndJarFile(TestNG.java:341)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.run(RemoteTestNG.java:88)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:204)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:175)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at       org.testng.xml.TestNGContentHandler.xmlClasses(TestNGContentHandler.java:342)
at   org.testng.xml.TestNGContentHandler.endElement(TestNGContentHandler.java:693)
at   com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at   com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at   com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(Unknown Source)
at  com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
at  com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at  com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.testng.xml.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:39)
at org.testng.xml.SuiteXmlParser.parse(SuiteXmlParser.java:17)
at org.testng.xml.SuiteXmlParser.parse(SuiteXmlParser.java:10)
at org.testng.xml.Parser.parse(Parser.java:168)
at org.testng.TestNG.initializeSuitesAndJarFile(TestNG.java:311)
... 3 more

You didn't mark where you get the exception, nor show the actual stack trace. It's hard to help without those details. — RealSkeptic
– RealSkeptic, Commented Jul 13, 2015 at 14:04

dimo414 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-13 14:58:16Z

1

The exception occurs in TestNGContentHandler.endElement() which is a pretty strong hint that the problem is in your XML file, not your LaunchApplication class. It might be worth filing a bug against TestNG to provide a clearer error message in this case, depending on what the issue ends up being.

Try creating a basic "hello world" @Test, so that you can verify TestNG (and your TestNG configuration) runs at all. If it fails, we know it's a configuration issue. Otherwise if it works you can narrow it down to the specific problematic tests.

answered Jul 13, 2015 at 14:58

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