[jnc-users] NullPointerException in HTTPUrlConnection

[Avi C. <av...@gm...>]

Trying to compile a simple code that creates an HTTP connection:
*

import* java.net.URL;
*

import* java.net.URLConnection;

*

public* *class* PTest {

*static* *public* *void* main(String[] args) {

URLConnection conn = *null*;

*try* {

URL url = *new* URL("http://www.apache.org/");

conn = url.openConnection();

*if* (conn == *null*) {

System.*out*.println("conn is null");

}

conn.connect();

} *catch* (Exception ex) {

ex.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

Getting NPE in the connect() part:

java.lang.NullPointerException
   at gnu.java.net.protocol.http.HTTPURLConnection.connect(PTest.exe)
   at PTest.main(PTest.exe)

Any ideas ?

using version 1.1.1, standard installation (other stuff work well). Running
on XP SP2 and Vista.

Thx,

Avi