Firebase database NullPointerException when using getValue(Boolean.class)…. here is a solution to the problem.
Firebase database NullPointerException when using getValue(Boolean.class).
I use a Firebase database and write message objects to it using a boolean field. When I try to read the object using getValue(Boolean.class), I get
an exception. It only happens when I get this boolean value, I can get the string without any problem.
Method that causes the exception:
@Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
message.setSenderId(dataSnapshot.child("senderId").getValue(String.class));
message.setDestinationId(dataSnapshot.child("destinationId").getValue(String.class));
message.setDatetime(dataSnapshot.child("datetime").getValue(Date.class));
message.setText(dataSnapshot.child("text").getValue(String.class));
message.setSent(dataSnapshot.child("isSent").getValue(Boolean.class)); this line causes NullPointerException
}
My Message Model Class:
@IgnoreExtraProperties
public class Message {
@Exclude
private String id;
@Exclude
private ValueEventListener valueListener;
@Exclude
private Conversation destination;
User ID
private String senderId;
Conversation ID
private String destinationId;
private Date datetime;
private String text;
private boolean isSent = false;
public Message(String id, String sender, String destination, Date date, String text) {
this.id = id;
this.senderId = sender;
this.destinationId = destination;
this.datetime = date;
this.text = text;
}
public Message() {
}
public Message(String id, Conversation destination) {
this.id = id;
this.destination = destination;
}
// ...
public boolean isSent() {
return isSent;
}
public void setSent(boolean sent) {
isSent = sent;
}
}
Example of a message stored in a database:
{
"datetime" : {
"date" : 12,
"day" : 4,
"hours" : 17,
"minutes" : 32,
"month" : 9,
"seconds" : 25,
"time" : 1507822345776,
"timezoneOffset" : -120,
"year" : 117
},
"destinationId" : "test_conversation",
"isSent" : true,
"senderId" : "test_sender",
"text" : "hello world"
}
What’s wrong with this code? I tried to figure it out, but I still haven’t figured out anything.