PlayFramework [NullPointerException: null] when add an item in ArrayList or HashMap

Question

I'm working with play 2.1.1 Scala using Java 1.7.0_15 and 2.10.0.
The error ( [NullPointerException: null] ) I jump both when I try to access the contents of an ArrayList as both a HashMap .

I've tried it in two ways:

First, in the constructor is initialized attributes:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
public Class User extends Model {
...
public User(...) {
    ...
countriesVisited = new ArrayList<Country>();
travels = new HashMap<Country, List<Car>>();        
}
....
}   

Classes Country and Car , only have a String attribute.

But as the Users were created using a form:

public static Result create() {
    Form<User> formUser = form(User.class);
    return ok(createUSer.render(formUser));
}

public static Result save() {
    Form<User> formUSer = form(User.class)
            .bindFromRequest();
    if (formUser.hasErrors()) {
        return badRequest(createUser.render(formUser));
    }
    User u = formUser.get();
    u.save();
    return redirect(routes.Application.index());
}

I decided to remove the constructor because not used, and initialize the ArrayList as the HashMap in the declaration of the attributes:

public Class User extends Model {
    List<Country> countriesVisited = new ArrayList<Country>();
    Map <Country, List<Car>> travels = new HashMap<Country, List<Car>>();
    ...

}

both when accessed the content to display in a view gives me NullPointerException: null

public static Result getCountriesVisited() {
    User u = User.find.byId(request().username());
    ArrayList<Country> countries = Country.find.all();
    return ok(showCountriesVisited.render(u.countriesVisited, countries));
}

And showCountriesVisited.scala.html :

@(countriesVisited: List[Country], countries : List[Country]) 

@import helper._
@import helper.twitterBootstrap 
@main("Mark all the countries visited"){ 

    @form(routes.AdminUser.updateCountries()){


            @for(cv <- countries){ 

@if(countriesVisited.contains(cv)){ //THE ERROR ALWAYS SHOWS ME THIS LINE    

                    <input type='checkbox' name='countriesVisited' value=@cv
                    checked="yes">@cv.name<br>
                } else {
                <input type='checkbox' name='countriesVisited' value=@cv>@cv.name<br>
                } 
            } 
            <input type="submit" value="Save">
    } 
}

HashMap for me the same thing happens.

Thanks in advance.

Here Stack Trace: ! @6fbjmmpaa - Internal server error, for (GET) [/UserTravel] ->

play.api.Application$$anon$1: Execution exception[[NullPointerException: null]]
at play.api.Application$class.handleError(Application.scala:289) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.api.DefaultApplication.handleError(Application.scala:383) [play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.core.server.netty.PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler$$anon$2$$anonfun$handle$1.apply(PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler.scala:144) [play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.core.server.netty.PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler$$anon$2$$anonfun$handle$1.apply(PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler.scala:140) [play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.api.libs.concurrent.PlayPromise$$anonfun$extend1$1.apply(Promise.scala:113) [play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.api.libs.concurrent.PlayPromise$$anonfun$extend1$1.apply(Promise.scala:113) [play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.api.libs.concurrent.PlayPromise$$anonfun$extend$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Promise.scala:104) [play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.liftedTree1$1(Future.scala:24) [scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.run(Future.scala:24) [scala-library.jar:na]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [na:1.7.0_15]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.7.0_15]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.7.0_15]
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$2$$anonfun$apply$3.apply(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:39) ~[na:na]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$2$$anonfun$apply$3.apply(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:38) ~[na:na]
at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.Iterator$class.foreach(Iterator.scala:727) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.AbstractIterator.foreach(Iterator.scala:1156) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.IterableLike$class.foreach(IterableLike.scala:72) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.AbstractIterable.foreach(Iterable.scala:54) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:244) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:105) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$2.apply(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:38) ~[na:na]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$2.apply(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:36) ~[na:na]
at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:244) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.Iterator$class.foreach(Iterator.scala:727) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.AbstractIterator.foreach(Iterator.scala:1156) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.IterableLike$class.foreach(IterableLike.scala:72) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.AbstractIterable.foreach(Iterable.scala:54) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:244) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.collection.AbstractTraversable.map(Traversable.scala:105) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:36) ~[na:na]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:34) ~[na:na]
at views.html.helper.form$.apply(form.template.scala:45) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$.apply(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:34) ~[na:na]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited$.render(showCountriesVisited.template.scala:58) ~[na:na]
at views.html.showCountriesVisited.render(showCountriesVisited.template.scala) ~[na:na]
at controllers.User.getCountriesVisited(User.java:69) ~[na:na]
at Routes$$anonfun$routes$1$$anonfun$applyOrElse$15$$anonfun$apply$15.apply(routes_routing.scala:258) ~[na:na]
at Routes$$anonfun$routes$1$$anonfun$applyOrElse$15$$anonfun$apply$15.apply(routes_routing.scala:258) ~[na:na]
at play.core.Router$HandlerInvoker$$anon$6$$anon$2.invocation(Router.scala:164) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.core.Router$Routes$$anon$1.invocation(Router.scala:345) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anon$1.call(JavaAction.scala:31) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.GlobalSettings$1.call(GlobalSettings.java:63) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.mvc.Security$AuthenticatedAction.call(Security.java:39) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anon$2.apply(JavaAction.scala:74) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anon$2.apply(JavaAction.scala:73) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at play.libs.F$Promise$PromiseActor.onReceive(F.java:420) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.1.1]
at akka.actor.UntypedActor$$anonfun$receive$1.applyOrElse(UntypedActor.scala:159) ~[akka-actor_2.10.jar:na]
at akka.actor.ActorCell.receiveMessage(ActorCell.scala:425) ~[akka-actor_2.10.jar:na]
at akka.actor.ActorCell.invoke(ActorCell.scala:386) ~[akka-actor_2.10.jar:na]
at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processMailbox(Mailbox.scala:230) ~[akka-actor_2.10.jar:na]
at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:212) ~[akka-actor_2.10.jar:na]
at akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$MailboxExecutionTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:502) ~[akka-actor_2.10.jar:na]
at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:262) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:975) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1478) ~[scala-library.jar:na]
at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:104) ~[scala-library.jar:na]

Answer 1

The User class seems irrelevant here. If countriesVisited were null, the @for loop would already fail.

The method ArrayList.contains accepts null arguments and won't ever throw any NullPointerException unless there's something wrong with the elements equals methods.

It looks like countries simply is null . Check the return value of Country.find.all() .