Maven integration-test failed: includes0 has null value

Question

My build recently started failing when trying to do mvn clean install I've not noticed previously because it builds and executes junit tests fine from eclipse. Any idea regarding the cause of the below error?

Maven log snippet:

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 4.979s
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Jan 23 09:13:43 GMT 2014
[INFO] Final Memory: 25M/220M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.11:integration-test (failsafe-integration-tests) on project ThinkFinance: Execution failsafe-integration-tests of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.11:integration-test failed: includes0 has null value -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.11:integration-test (failsafe-integration-tests) on project ThinkFinance: Execution failsafe-integration-tests of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.11:integration-test failed: includes0 has null value
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:225)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution failsafe-integration-tests of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.11:integration-test failed: includes0 has null value
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:110)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)
    ... 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: includes0 has null value
    at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.PropertiesWrapper.addList(PropertiesWrapper.java:172)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.BooterSerializer.serialize(BooterSerializer.java:95)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork(ForkStarter.java:147)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:100)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeProvider(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:199)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAllProviders(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:176)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:134)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:97)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101)
    ... 20 more
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] 
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[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException

Pom.xml:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>My Company2</groupId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <artifactId>MyCompany</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>MyCompany</name>
    <url>http://www.example.com</url>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>parallel</id>
            <properties>
                <include.tests>**/ParallelRunners/*Tests.java</include.tests>
                <junit.threadCount>15</junit.threadCount>
                <junit.parallel>classes</junit.parallel>
            </properties>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>allTestsSequential</id>
            <properties>
                <include.tests>
                    **/P0Regression.java
                </include.tests>
            </properties>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>smoke</id>
            <properties>
                <include.tests>
                    **/RunSmokeTests.java
                </include.tests>
            </properties>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>ThisTest</id>
            <properties>
                <include.tests>
                    **/RunThisTest.java
                </include.tests>
            </properties>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>All</id>
            <properties>
                <include.tests>
                    **/All.java
                </include.tests>
            </properties>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>clearWebserverCache</id>
            <properties>
                <include.tests>
                    **/clearWebserverCache.java
                </include.tests>
            </properties>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>My Company2</groupId>
            <artifactId>SeleniumFrameworkCore</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
            <version>0.0.21</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
            <version>0.1.29</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <version>5.1.18</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- these 2 are needed for communicating wih a REST API usin JSON Strings as the data interchange format. 
        It might eventually make sense to move this to a seperate core project -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
            <version>4.2.6</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
            <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.1</version>
        </dependency>       
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.7</source>
                    <target>1.7</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.11</version>
                <configuration>
                    <perCoreThreadCount>false</perCoreThreadCount>
                    <threadCount>${junit.threadCount}</threadCount>
                    <parallel>${junit.parallel}</parallel>
                    <includes>
                        <include>${include.tests}</include>
                    </includes>
                </configuration>
                <executions>

                    <execution>
                        <id>failsafe-integration-tests</id>
                        <phase>integration-test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    <!-- DisABLED FAILSAFE VERIFY WHILE TESTING POSH REPORTER 
                    <execution>
                        <id>failsafe-verify</id>
                        <phase>verify</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>verify</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    -->
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.14</version>
                <configuration>
                    <!-- Disable unit tests -->
                    <skip>true</skip>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>My Company2</groupId>
                    <artifactId>posh-cucumber-reporter-mojo</artifactId>
                    <version>0.0.1</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>execution</id>
                            <phase>verify</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>generate</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <projectName>My Company Smoke Tests </projectName>
                                <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/cucumber-html-reports</outputDirectory>
                                <jsonLocation>${project.build.directory}/JSON/</jsonLocation>
                                <buildNumber>RC_2014_01_21_1 Revision: 27309 on QA 64</buildNumber>
                                <enableFlashCharts>true</enableFlashCharts>
                                <skippedFails>true</skippedFails>
                                <undefinedFails>true</undefinedFails>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <reporting>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.6</version>
                <configuration>
                    <dependencyLocationsEnabled>false</dependencyLocationsEnabled>
                </configuration>
                <!-- Only generate project reports -->
                <reportSets>
                    <reportSet>
                        <reports>
                        </reports>
                    </reportSet>
                </reportSets>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.3</version>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.14</version>
                <reportSets>
                    <reportSet>
                        <reports>
                            <report>failsafe-report-only</report>
                        </reports>
                    </reportSet>
                </reportSets>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.5.2</version>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0</version>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.10</version>
                <configuration>
                    <configLocation>CheckStyle.xml</configLocation>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
              <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.9.1</version>
                <configuration>
                  <groups>
                    <group>
                      <title>Test Step Documentation</title>
                      <!--
                      Include packages:
                        MyApp.StepDefinitions
                      and all subpackages
                      -->
                      <packages>MyApp.StepDefinitions*</packages>
                    </group>
                    <group>
                      <title>MyApp Documentation</title>
                      <packages>MyApp*</packages>
                    </group>
                  </groups>        
                </configuration>
              </plugin>         
        </plugins>
    </reporting>

</project>

It looks like having no profile activated the property in the execution for maven-failsafe is empty...Just try to activate one of your profiles. — khmarbaise, Jan 23 '14 at 10:16
Thanks khmarbaise for the suggestion. It lead me in the right direction. — shreyansp, Jan 23 '14 at 14:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '14 at 10:13

What is the value for the include.test property? Could it be that it's not set properly, i.e. it will be null just like the error message says?

<includes>
    <include>${include.tests}</include>
</includes>

Try running mvn -Dinclude.test=A and see if the error message changes (shouldn' be a NullpointerExcpetionat least.

shreyansp · Answer 2 · 2014-01-24T13:51:26.557

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Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I ran mvn clean and then a profile. That did the trick.

call mvn clean
call mvn -Psmoke verify -e -fae

Note: mvn clean install still gives build failure. I think this may be a seperate question: What is the purpose of mvn install, do I even need it?

edited Jan 24 '14 at 13:51

answered Jan 23 '14 at 13:59

shreyansp

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