Calling a method in another class causes NullPointerException
<p>I am new to Java so please bear with me. I am using Java and Selenium to test a web application. </p>

<p>Basically, what I am trying to do is read in data from a cvs file in Class Main and then once I have the data, calling the login method in another class passing through the username and password variables read from the cvs file. </p>

<p>Maybe I am calling the function incorrectly, I am not sure but the line I get the NPE on is</p>

<pre><code>driver.findElement(By.name("j_username")).clear(); 
</code></pre>

<p>in the Login function in the LiveProcess Class. If I move the Login method into the Main class I do not have any problems. I would appreciate any help you can give me - thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Main Class</p>

<pre><code>public void ReadTestData() throws Exception
{
//Open CVS File and extract the contents
try {
CsvReader testData = new CsvReader("C:\\Selenium\\TestData.csv");   
testData.readHeaders();
while (testData.readRecord())
{
String testType = testData.get("TestType");
String testName = testData.get("TestName");
String testDescription = testData.get("Description");
String userName = testData.get("UserName");
String password = testData.get("Password");
String firstName = testData.get("FirstName");
String lastName = testData.get("LastName");
int testTypeInt = Integer.parseInt(testType);
RunTests();
}   
testData.close();

} 
catch (FileNotFoundException e) 
{
e.printStackTrace();
} 
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public void RunTests() throws Exception
{
switch(testTypeInt)
{
case 1:
LiveProcessTests method = new LiveProcessTests();
method.Login(userName, password);
break;

default:
break;
}
}
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<p>LiveProcess Class</p>

<pre><code>public void Login(String uName, String pWord) throws Exception 
{
System.out.println("USER NAME: " + uName);
System.out.println("USER NAME: " + pWord);

driver.findElement(By.name("j_username")).clear();
driver.findElement(By.name("j_username")).click();
driver.findElement(By.name("j_username")).sendKeys(uName);

}
</code></pre>

<p>Actual Error:</p>

<pre><code>java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.testscripts.LiveProcessTests.Login(LiveProcessTests.java:31)
at com.testscripts.Main.RunTests(Main.java:97)
at com.testscripts.Main.ReadTestData(Main.java:75)
at com.testscripts.Main.InitializeTests(Main.java:44)
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 org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:45)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:42)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:20)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:30)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:263)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:68)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:47)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:231)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:60)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:229)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:50)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:222)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:300)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:50)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
</code></pre>
