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spring-roo

roo start up issue

After starting roo, I get an exception as shown below:

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NullPointerException at org.springframework.roo.project.AbstractProjectOperation
s.addModuleDependency(AbstractProjectOperations.java:293)
Solution

  • Its an embarrassing known bug. Just ignore it.

    https://jira.springsource.org/browse/ROO-3111

    Also make sure your Roo installation directory is writable for the user is using Roo (ie chmod -R a+rw roo-directory).