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in my class init a property is set to the value of a parameter. Neither the parameter nor its property is null but there is a null pointer exception



init {
creationDate = owner.network.currentDate
}


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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Vault.<init>(Vault.kt:13)
at NetworkProductionVault.<init>(Vault.kt:65)
at Snc_tokenKt.main(snc-token.kt:13)









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in my class init a property is set to the value of a parameter. Neither the parameter nor its property is null but there is a null pointer exception



init {
creationDate = owner.network.currentDate
}


you can try it online here



Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Vault.<init>(Vault.kt:13)
at NetworkProductionVault.<init>(Vault.kt:65)
at Snc_tokenKt.main(snc-token.kt:13)









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in my class init a property is set to the value of a parameter. Neither the parameter nor its property is null but there is a null pointer exception



init {
creationDate = owner.network.currentDate
}


you can try it online here



Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Vault.<init>(Vault.kt:13)
at NetworkProductionVault.<init>(Vault.kt:65)
at Snc_tokenKt.main(snc-token.kt:13)









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in my class init a property is set to the value of a parameter. Neither the parameter nor its property is null but there is a null pointer exception



init {
creationDate = owner.network.currentDate
}


you can try it online here



Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Vault.<init>(Vault.kt:13)
at NetworkProductionVault.<init>(Vault.kt:65)
at Snc_tokenKt.main(snc-token.kt:13)






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    pls, create a minimal working example that reproduces the given problem, this is not a code review or debugging site.
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    pls, create a minimal working example that reproduces the given problem, this is not a code review or debugging site.
    – Willi Mentzel
    Nov 22 at 17:12








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– Willi Mentzel
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I added this to init in Vault.kt in your example:



if (owner == null) println("owner is null")


And it is indeed null.



I think the reason is because you've declared this property (owner) as open, but you're referring to it when initializing the superclass. So it's going to be null at that point because the superclass will try to get the value from the subclass, but the subclass won't have been initialized yet. This is explained in a bit more detail here.






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    I added this to init in Vault.kt in your example:



    if (owner == null) println("owner is null")


    And it is indeed null.



    I think the reason is because you've declared this property (owner) as open, but you're referring to it when initializing the superclass. So it's going to be null at that point because the superclass will try to get the value from the subclass, but the subclass won't have been initialized yet. This is explained in a bit more detail here.






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      I added this to init in Vault.kt in your example:



      if (owner == null) println("owner is null")


      And it is indeed null.



      I think the reason is because you've declared this property (owner) as open, but you're referring to it when initializing the superclass. So it's going to be null at that point because the superclass will try to get the value from the subclass, but the subclass won't have been initialized yet. This is explained in a bit more detail here.






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        I added this to init in Vault.kt in your example:



        if (owner == null) println("owner is null")


        And it is indeed null.



        I think the reason is because you've declared this property (owner) as open, but you're referring to it when initializing the superclass. So it's going to be null at that point because the superclass will try to get the value from the subclass, but the subclass won't have been initialized yet. This is explained in a bit more detail here.






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        I added this to init in Vault.kt in your example:



        if (owner == null) println("owner is null")


        And it is indeed null.



        I think the reason is because you've declared this property (owner) as open, but you're referring to it when initializing the superclass. So it's going to be null at that point because the superclass will try to get the value from the subclass, but the subclass won't have been initialized yet. This is explained in a bit more detail here.







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