How to use a public class Reports (for logging purpose) with public static methods across other classes of the same project

Question

Here's an excerpt of my prorgam:

package something.util;
public class Reports {
    public static void logStatus(LogStatus testStatus, String testDetails) {
        test.log(testStatus, testDetails);
    }
}

package something.pages;
public class MainPage {
    public void someMethod(){
        Reports.logStatus(LogStatus.INFO, "Clicked A/B Testing link");
    }
}

When I execute the code above, I keep getting NullPointerException and I am not sure why. At least a pointer to the mistake I'm making will help.

Post your exception message. It should tell you exactly where the error is coming from. From there, you need to investigate why that variable is `null`. — JeffC, Oct 30 '18 at 14:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '18 at 06:04

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The test object, in the Reports class, will be null in the following line.

test.log(testStatus, testDetails);

Thats why its giving NPE.

answered Oct 30 '18 at 06:04

uneq95

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Oh. That's great. Your solution worked. Thanks a ton! – Praveen Pandey Oct 30 '18 at 07:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '18 at 09:59

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Dont call log method directly on test

test.log(testStatus, testDetails)

you can call like this, as this is static method,

MainPage.log(testStatus, testDetails)

or this will work too,

MainPage test = new MainPage();
test.log(testStatus, testDetails)

answered Oct 30 '18 at 09:59

Ashish Kamble

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How to use a public class Reports (for logging purpose) with public static methods across other classes of the same project

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