java.lang.NullPointerException.. is related to xml file structure?
<p>I'm stuck on the following run-time error. I'm running code which read a xml file as input, this is the code: <a href="http://pastie.org/1617011" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/1617011</a>.
XML: <a href="http://pastie.org/1617014" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/1617014</a></p>

<pre><code>Feb 28, 2011 4:07:29 PM org.apache.commons.digester.Digester peek
WARNING: Empty stack (returning null)
Feb 28, 2011 4:07:29 PM org.apache.commons.digester.Digester endElement
SEVERE: End event threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java:209)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:220)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:257)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1345)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:601)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1782)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2938)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1871)
    at QueryPerformer.main(QueryPerformer.java:127)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:3363)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:3389)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1348)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:601)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1782)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2938)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1871)
    at QueryPerformer.main(QueryPerformer.java:127)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java:209)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:220)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:257)
    at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1345)
    ... 12 more
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