An internal error occurred during: “Updating Maven Project”. java.lang.NullPointerException

Question

I\'m developing a Java EE web project. When I try to add a dependency, this error message appears. I use Eclipse Kepler.

An internal error occurred du

Answer 1

I had the same issue ... solution at the end !

here the eclipse log:

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.google.appengine.eclipse.wtp.maven.GaeRuntimeManager.getGaeRuntime(GaeRuntimeManager.java:85)
    at com.google.appengine.eclipse.wtp.maven.GaeRuntimeManager.ensureGaeRuntimeWithSdk(GaeRuntimeManager.java:55)
    at com.google.appengine.eclipse.wtp.maven.GaeFacetManager.addGaeFacet(GaeFacetManager.java:59)
    at com.google.appengine.eclipse.wtp.maven.GaeProjectConfigurator.configure(GaeProjectConfigurator.java:46)

... it comes from "appengine maven wtp plugin" that try to get the type of GAE runtime, but seems to be null here (... getRuntimeType() --> NPE):

see class com.google.appengine.eclipse.wtp.maven/GaeRuntimeManager.java

  private static IRuntime getGaeRuntime(String sdkVersion) {
    IRuntime[] runtimes = ServerCore.getRuntimes();
    for (IRuntime runtime : runtimes) {
      if (runtime != null &&  **runtime.getRuntimeType()**.equals(GAE_RUNTIME_TYPE)) {

So, if you check in eclipse, Google App Engine is visible , but when you select it you'll see that no SDK is associated ...

SOLUTION: in red on the screenshot ;-)