[jdom-interest] Null Pointer Exception from getTextTrim() method

[Victor Toni]

Maybe you should take a closer look at the names of your variables.
Usually one would use some breakpoints, logging messages, etc. before 
saying something like:

My loop doesn't work with JDOM.
Here is my code snippet:

while(false) {
    // some JDOM stuff
}


Anand, Rajesh wrote:

>         Folks,
>
>         here is my code snippet....
>
>        * Line1 - Element childelem2 = element.getChild("ClosingPrice", 
> element.getNamespace());*
> *                        *
> *        Line 2 -String date[x] =  childelem1.getTextTrim();*
>
>         and here is the part of XML I'm trying to read...
>
>        * <getIndex:Price> *
> *        
> <getIndex:PriceEffectiveDate>2005-05-10</getIndex:PriceEffectiveDate> *
> *        <getIndex:ClosingPrice>2.99</getIndex:ClosingPrice> *
> *        </getIndex:Price>*
>
>         So, why is the 2nd line giving me Null Pointer error instead 
> of returning a value of "2.99"??
>
>         Any helps will be greatly appreciated.
>
> */Rajesh Anand/*
> *Email:Rajesh_anand at ml.com*
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