NullPointerException during creating KieBase if using "KieClasspathContainer" and xsd type resource is present

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Issue

When using the code below to get KieBase, if using KieClasspathContainer and there is .xsd type resource present in the classpath, NullPointerException will be thrown.

    KieServices ks = KieServices.Factory.get();
    KieContainer kContainer = ks.getKieClasspathContainer();
    KieBase kBase = kContainer.getKieBase("kbase");
    ......

The exception stacktrace looks like:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.drools.compiler.compiler.PackageBuilder.addPackageFromXSD(PackageBuilder.java:823)
    at org.drools.compiler.compiler.CompositeKnowledgeBuilderImpl.buildResources(CompositeKnowledgeBuilderImpl.java:209)
    at org.drools.compiler.compiler.CompositeKnowledgeBuilderImpl.build(CompositeKnowledgeBuilderImpl.java:86)
    at org.drools.compiler.kie.builder.impl.AbstractKieModule.buildKnowledgePackages(AbstractKieModule.java:219)
    at org.drools.compiler.kie.builder.impl.KieContainerImpl.createKieBase(KieContainerImpl.java:387)
    at org.drools.compiler.kie.builder.impl.KieContainerImpl.getKieBase(KieContainerImpl.java:347)
......

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite
    • 6.0.x
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS
    • 6.0.x

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