NullPointerException in JavaFX initialize in TableView

Question

I have this controller class for showing a database query in a TableView, but i am having error of NullPointerException with the "setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory"

package aplicativo;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;

public class Controle implements Initializable{
    @FXML
    private TextField txtCampo,txtCampo2;
    @FXML
    private Button btAdicionar,btConsultar;
    @FXML
    private TableView<Pessoa> tabValues;
    @FXML
    private TableColumn<Pessoa, Integer> tbcCod;
    private TableColumn<Pessoa, String>tbcNome;
    ObservableList<Pessoa> List = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
    @FXML
    private void btAdd(){
        insertBD a = new insertBD(txtCampo.getText());
        consultaBD b = new consultaBD();
        List = b.consultaTudo();
        tabValues.setItems(List);
        txtCampo.clear();
    }
    @FXML

    private void btCons(){
        String tx = txtCampo2.getText();
        if(tx.isEmpty()){

        }else{
        consultaBD a = new consultaBD();
        a.consultaParecido(tx, "nome");
        txtCampo2.clear();
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void initialize(URL arg0, ResourceBundle arg1) {

        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        tbcCod.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Pessoa, Integer>("cod"));
        tbcNome.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Pessoa, String>("nome"));
        tabValues.setItems(List);
        tabValues.getColumns().addAll(tbcCod,tbcNome);
    }
}

The NullPointerExcepetion:

Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$152(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$$Lambda$50/1645995473.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: javafx.fxml.LoadException: 
/C:/Users/lucas/workspace/BDFX/bin/aplicativo/Tela.fxml

    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.constructLoadException(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(Unknown Source)
    at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.load(Unknown Source)
    at aplicativo.Main.start(Main.java:13)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$159(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$$Lambda$53/1031257736.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$172(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$45/186276003.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$170(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$48/1529876784.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$171(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$47/237061348.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$145(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication$$Lambda$36/2117255219.run(Unknown Source)
    ... 1 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at aplicativo.Controle.initialize(Controle.java:52)
    ... 23 more
Exception running application aplicativo.Main

Any solution?

Answer 1

One of the instance fields in your controller is lacking an @FXML annotation. Since the field is private, the FXML loader is unable to inject the control reference into the field during loading. Here are your instance field declarations:

@FXML
private TextField txtCampo,txtCampo2;

@FXML
private Button btAdicionar,btConsultar;

@FXML
private TableView<Pessoa> tabValues;

@FXML
private TableColumn<Pessoa, Integer> tbcCod;

private TableColumn<Pessoa, String>tbcNome;

Notice that the last field, tbcNome, is not annotated. As a result, when your initialize method is called, the tbcNome field contains a null reference, resulting in the exception.

To fix your problem, all you may need to do is add the @FXML annotation to the instance field declaration for tbcNome.

You may have encouraged this error by adopting the habit of listing more than one variable in your type declarations, eg. private Button btAdicionar, btConsultar;. In my opinion, this is a bad habit that can encourage errors like this to happen. I would suggest that you try to adopt the coding style in which each instance field has its own type declaration statement.