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Java

Grant Murphy
Grant Murphy
10,072 Points
Posted by Grant Murphy
Grant Murphy
10,072 Points

Need help with Build State Change Events Pomodora receiving a java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

I have been all over stackoverflow and other sites and cannot seem to resolve this error. Any help would be greatly appreciated 

"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\bin\java.exe" -javaagent:C:\Users\Grant\.IdeaIC2018.2\system\captureAgent\debugger-agent.jar=file:/C:/Users/Grant/AppData/Local/Temp/capture.props -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\deploy.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\access-bridge-64.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\cldrdata.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\jaccess.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\jfxrt.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\nashorn.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\sunec.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\sunpkcs11.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\ext\zipfs.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\javaws.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\jce.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\jfr.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\jfxswt.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\management-agent.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\plugin.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\resources.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\Users\Grant\Desktop\Promodora\out\production\Pomodoro;C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2018.2.1\lib\idea_rt.jar" com.teamtreehouse.pomodoro.Main
Connected to the target VM, address: '127.0.0.1:53855', transport: 'socket'
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:389)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:328)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:767)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:917)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$152(LauncherImpl.java:182)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$$Lambda$50/1471868639.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Location is required.
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3211)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3179)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3152)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3128)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3108)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.load(FXMLLoader.java:3101)
    at com.teamtreehouse.pomodoro.Main.start(Main.java:23)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$159(LauncherImpl.java:863)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$$Lambda$53/1945542069.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$172(PlatformImpl.java:326)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$45/1782704802.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$170(PlatformImpl.java:295)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$48/1342638649.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$171(PlatformImpl.java:294)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$47/2094411587.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run$$$capture(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$145(WinApplication.java:101)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication$$Lambda$36/152134087.run(Unknown Source)
    ... 1 more
Disconnected from the target VM, address: '127.0.0.1:53855', transport: 'socket'
Exception running application com.teamtreehouse.pomodoro.Main

And here is the controller code and the main method

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.Image?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.shape.SVGPath?>
<VBox xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml"
      stylesheets="/css/main.css"
      xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8"
      fx:controller="com.teamtreehouse.pomodoro.controllers.Home"
      fx:id="container">
    <children>
        <Button fx:id="DEBUG" onAction="#DEBUG"/>
        <Label fx:id="title" text="Pomodoro"/>

        <Label fx:id="time" text="00:00"/>

        <HBox styleClass="buttons">
            <children>
                <StackPane>
                    <children>
                        <StackPane styleClass="nested-action,play">
                            <children>
                                <HBox styleClass="svg-container">
                                    <SVGPath styleClass="svg"
                                             content="M1.6 17C1 17 0 16.2 0 15.6V1.3C0 .1 2.2-.4 3.1.4l8.2 6.4c.5.4.8 1 .8 1.7 0 .6-.3 1.2-.8 1.7l-8.2 6.4c-.5.2-1 .4-1.5.4z"/>
                                </HBox>
                                <Button text="Resume"/>
                            </children>
                        </StackPane>

                        <StackPane styleClass="nested-action,pause">
                            <children>
                                <HBox styleClass="svg-container">
                                    <SVGPath styleClass="svg"
                                             content="M10.2 17c-1 0-1.8-.8-1.8-1.8V1.8c0-1 .8-1.8 1.8-1.8S12 .8 12 1.8v13.4c0 1-.8 1.8-1.8 1.8z"/>
                                    <SVGPath styleClass="svg"
                                             content="M10.2 17c-1 0-1.8-.8-1.8-1.8V1.8c0-1 .8-1.8 1.8-1.8S12 .8 12 1.8v13.4c0 1-.8 1.8-1.8 1.8z"/>
                                </HBox>
                                <Button text="Pause"/>
                            </children>
                        </StackPane>
                    </children>
                </StackPane>

                <StackPane styleClass="nested-action,restart">
                    <children>
                        <HBox styleClass="svg-container">
                            <SVGPath styleClass="svg"
                                     content="M21 2.9C19.1 1 16.6 0 13.9 0c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 1.9s.9 1.9 2 1.9c1.7 0 3.2.6 4.4 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 6.3 0 8.7-1.2 1.2-2.7 1.8-4.4 1.8-1.7 0-3.2-.6-4.4-1.8-1.8-1.8-2.3-4.4-1.4-6.7L9.3 10c.2.4.5.7.9.8.4.1.8.1 1.2-.1.8-.4 1.1-1.3.8-2.1L10 4.3c0-.5-.2-1-.6-1.4l-.1-.1-.1-.2c-.2-.4-.5-.7-.9-.8-.4-.1-.8-.1-1.2.1L.9 4.8C.1 5.2-.2 6.1.2 6.9c.2.4.5.7.9.8.4.1.8.1 1.2-.1l2-.9c-1.2 3.5-.4 7.6 2.4 10.4C8.6 19 11.2 20 13.9 20s5.3-1 7.2-2.9C25 13.2 25 6.8 21 2.9z"/>
                        </HBox>
                        <Button text="Restart"/>
                    </children>
                </StackPane>
            </children>
        </HBox>

        <TextArea fx:id="message" promptText="What are you doing?"/>

        <ImageView>
            <image>
                <Image url="/images/pomodoro.png"/>
            </image>
        </ImageView>

    </children>
</VBox>

Space

Font font = Font.loadFont(getClass().getResource("/fonts/VarelaRound-Regular.ttf").toExternalForm(), 10);
        Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("\\resources\\fxml\\home.fxml"));
        primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 500, 500));
        primaryStage.setResizable(false);
        primaryStage.show();

1 Answer

Grant Murphy
Grant Murphy
10,072 Points
Grant Murphy
Grant Murphy
10,072 Points

Fixed I removed fx:id="title" out of the label field 

<Label fx:id="title" text="Pomodoro"/>

so now it is just 

<Label text="Pomodoro"/>

I would really like to know why though?