#96 ServiceInstance initialization is failed

[SrinivasA]

ServiceInstance si = new ServiceInstance(new URL("https://10.17.88.159/sdk", "Username", "Password", true);

is failed and given Null pointer exception.
Trace:
xception in thread "main" java.rmi.RemoteException: Exception in WSClient.invoke:; nested exception is:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.vmware.vim25.ws.WSClient.invoke(WSClient.java:157)
at com.vmware.vim25.ws.VimStub.login(VimStub.java:1491)
at com.vmware.vim25.mo.SessionManager.login(SessionManager.java:148)
at com.vmware.vim25.mo.ServiceInstance.<init>(ServiceInstance.java:88)
at com.vmware.vim25.mo.ServiceInstance.<init>(ServiceInstance.java:69)
at ExportOvfToLocal.main(ExportOvfToLocal.java:76)

Details:
I am using I am using "vijava2120100715" APIs
vSphere 4.0

[Anonymous]

I posted already in http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3006542&group_id=228007&atid=1073396. This issue looks same as what i faced, so posting here again.

I am using vijava2120100715.jar. If VC url is not correct i.e. VC is not
running at the url used to login, it throws NPE.

Code:
ServiceInstance serviceInstance = new ServiceInstance(new URL(url),
username, password, true);

Stack trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.vmware.vim25.mo.ServiceInstance.<init>(ServiceInstance.java:86)
at com.vmware.vim25.mo.ServiceInstance.<init>(ServiceInstance.java:69)
....

[Steve]

what version of JRE are you using? It's a known issue with JRE1.5 and early versions of JRE1.6. You can upgrade your JRE to latest 1.6. Thanks!

Steve (http://www.doublecloud.org)

[Anonymous]

I am getting this error with 1.6.0_13

java version "1.6.0_13"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode)

[Steve]

Hi Abhi,

When your VCis running or the URLis not correct, the ServiceInstance is expect to fail. The exepction thrown in the case should be more explicit about the root cause. Something I need to think about.

-Steve