2

I'm trying to sign my Java artifacts using the the Gradle Signing Plugin. After a lot of difficulty fixing the error of "no configured signatory", I've run into another issue. The task signMavenJavaPublication fails with a NullPointerException and I'm not sure why. I've deleted the .gradle folder inside of the project folder, cleaned, and rebuilt the project repeatedly with no success.

Here's the build.gradle file:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven { url "http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2" }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.1'
    }
}

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'signing'
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'maven'
apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
apply plugin: 'signing'

group = 'com.example'
version = '1.1.0'

description = "example"

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {   
     maven { url "http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2" }
}

dependencies {
    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version:'2.9.6'
    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version:'2.9.6'
    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version:'2.9.6'
    compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version:'4.5.5'
    compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpcore', version:'4.4.9'
    compile group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version:'2.6'
    compile group: 'org.apache.tika', name: 'tika-core', version:'1.18'
    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version:'4.12'
}

task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
    classifier = 'sources'
    from sourceSets.main.allSource
}

task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
    classifier = 'javadoc'
    from javadoc
}

publishing {
    artifacts {
        archives sourcesJar
        archives javadocJar
    }

    publications
    {
        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
            from components.java
            artifact sourcesJar
            artifact javadocJar
            }
    }
    repositories {
        maven {
            url "${project.version.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT') ? 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots' : 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/' }"
            credentials {
                username sonatypeUsername
                password sonatypePassword
            }
        }
    }
}

signing 
{
    sign publishing.publications.mavenJava
}

Here is the stacktrace:

> Task :signMavenJavaPublication FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':signMavenJavaPublication'.
> java.lang.NullPointerException (no error message)

* Try:
Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Exception is:
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':signMavenJavaPublication'.
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:77)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.execute(OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.java:51)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:59)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:59)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:101)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.FinalizeInputFilePropertiesTaskExecuter.execute(FinalizeInputFilePropertiesTaskExecuter.java:44)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:91)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:62)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:59)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter$1.run(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:51)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:300)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:292)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:174)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.run(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:31)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.EventFiringTaskExecuter.execute(EventFiringTaskExecuter.java:46)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.LocalTaskInfoExecutor.execute(LocalTaskInfoExecutor.java:42)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareWorkItemExecutor.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:277)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionGraph$BuildOperationAwareWorkItemExecutor.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionGraph.java:262)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:135)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:130)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:200)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.executeWithWork(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:191)
        at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$ExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:130)
        at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
        at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
        at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator.bc.BcPGPKeyConverter.getPrivateKey(Unknown Source)
        at org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator.bc.BcPGPContentSignerBuilder.build(Unknown Source)
        at org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPSignatureGenerator.init(Unknown Source)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.signatory.pgp.PgpSignatory.createSignatureGenerator(PgpSignatory.java:108)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.signatory.pgp.PgpSignatory.sign(PgpSignatory.java:70)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.type.AbstractSignatureType.sign(AbstractSignatureType.java:65)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.type.pgp.ArmoredSignatureType.sign(ArmoredSignatureType.java:41)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.type.AbstractSignatureType$1$1.execute(AbstractSignatureType.java:49)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.type.AbstractSignatureType$1$1.execute(AbstractSignatureType.java:46)
        at org.gradle.internal.IoActions.withResource(IoActions.java:77)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.type.AbstractSignatureType$1.execute(AbstractSignatureType.java:46)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.type.AbstractSignatureType$1.execute(AbstractSignatureType.java:42)
        at org.gradle.internal.IoActions.withResource(IoActions.java:77)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.type.AbstractSignatureType.sign(AbstractSignatureType.java:42)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.Signature.generate(Signature.java:422)
        at org.gradle.plugins.signing.Sign.generate(Sign.java:324)
        at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.doExecute(StandardTaskAction.java:46)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:39)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:26)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:801)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:768)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:131)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:300)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:292)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:174)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
        at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.run(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:31)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:120)
        at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:99)
Gerold Broser
  • 14,080
  • 5
  • 48
  • 107
C. Ly
  • 21
  • 3

2 Answers2

0

Did you see:

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator.bc.BcPGPKeyConverter.getPrivateKey

getPrivateKey() converts a private key from one type to another. If there's no PrivKey a NPE is comprehensible.

Did you define it as described in The Signing Plugin? See there:

Note that the presence of a null value for any these three properties will cause an exception.

Gerold Broser
  • 14,080
  • 5
  • 48
  • 107
  • The only things included in the gradle.properties are signing.keyId, signing.password, signing.secretKeyRingFile, sonatypeUsername, and sonatypePassword. None of those fields are null. – C. Ly Oct 24 '18 at 22:14
0

I figured out the answer thanks to the help of Gerold Broser pointing out that getPrivateKey was the issue. Turns out I was using the key id of the secret key as opposed to the signing key as noted here.

To get the key id, I had to use gpg --list-keys --keyid-format short as noted in this post. Once signing.keyId was set to the last eight characters of the signing key, the NPE error went away!

C. Ly
  • 21
  • 3