NullPointerException When Creating A Business Rule

(Doc ID 1468688.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 25, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Business Process Management Suite - Version 11.1.1.6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When attempting to create a business rule in JDeveloper (JDev), the following NullPointerException error message occurs:.

java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.tip.tools.ide.rules.dictionarybuilder.jdev.JDevDictionaryFileBuilder.createRuleDictionary(JDevDictionaryFileBuilder.java:377)
at oracle.bpm.fusion.soa.rules.BusinessRuleUtils.createBusinessRule(BusinessRuleUtils.java:182)
at oracle.bpm.fusion.soa.rules.BusinessRuleUtils.access$100(BusinessRuleUtils.java:57)
at oracle.bpm.fusion.soa.rules.BusinessRuleUtils$1.run(BusinessRuleUtils.java:85)
at oracle.bpm.io.fs.VFileSystem.runWithEventsDelayed(VFileSystem.java:99)
at oracle.bpm.fusion.soa.rules.BusinessRuleUtils.createBusinessRule(BusinessRuleUtils.java:72)
at oracle.bpm.fusion.soa.rules.BusinessRuleDialog$1.run(BusinessRuleDialog.java:81)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Cause

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