java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

tsatt

Hi

I am working on a java service. One of the methods takes in a task ID and returns list of files attached to that task.

try {
 task = client.getTask(taskID);
 if (task == null) {
  throw new TaskIdInvalidException("Task Id is Invalid");
 }
 CSAreaRelativePath[] taskFiles = task.getFiles();
 for (CSAreaRelativePath path : taskFiles) {
  CSFile file = task.getArea().getFile(path);
  if (file != null) {
   attachedFiles.add(FileHandler.populateFileBean(file.getVPath().toString(), client));
  }
 }
} catch (Exception ex) {
 LOGGER.error("Exception: " + ex.toString());
 // LOGGER.debug("StackTrace:", ex);
}

If a user passes an invalid task ID, the method keeps throwing the below exception
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xerces/util/DOMUtil

Any idea how can I capture this error? I expect the method to throw NullPointerException

Thanks

Teamsite 6.7
Solaris

Adam Stoller

Without seeing the rest of the code it's kind of difficult to suggest what to do.
Right now - you're throwing an exception within the

try

block, which then goes into the

catch

block - but all you're doing there is logging it, which means that the process will continue beyond the

catch

block regardless of the fact that you do not have a valid task object.

Most likely - your

catch

block should re-throw the error to whomever called this chunk of code and have that code do something with the information.