(from http://forum.jasypt.org/Null-pointer-exception-in-jasypt-1-9-0-td5617321.html )
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The Normalizer class attempt to load the icu4j Normalizer (then the java6 Normalizer) using the contextClass Loader.
However, no check is made whether the contextClass loader is null or not. This is a classical overlook (see activemq,etc...)
Using jasypt other than in a java container, will cause this code to throw an npe.
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