Append String into StringBuffer that gives NullPointerException

Question

I have a problem that I want to append a string into StringBuffer object but it gives NullPointerException in my code. Please check this and tell where the code gets wrong and what is the best solution for this?

Error Stack:

11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example/com.example.TestCryptoActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2663)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at com.example.TestCryptoActivity.onCreate(TestCryptoActivity.java:83)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
11-03 18:13:29.672: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17973):     ... 11 more

Code:

String str;
    StringBuffer strBuf;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        String data = "xyzzy734499639E0022505@a2+;%d3-";


        try {
            str = getHashCode(data);
            strBuf.append(str); -----------------> This is the error position
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


        for(int i=1;i<31;i++)
        {
            if(i<10)
            {
                str = String.valueOf(30)+String.valueOf(30+i)+str;
                try {
                    str = new String(getHashCode(str));
                } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }else
            {
                char[] num = String.valueOf(i).toCharArray();
                String firstIndex = String.valueOf(num[0]);
                String secondIndex = String.valueOf(num[1]);
                str = firstIndex + secondIndex+ str;
                try {
                    str = new String(getHashCode(str));
                } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            strBuf.append(str);
            System.out.println("The final string after hashing:"+str);
        }
    }
    public String getHashCode(String str) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
    {

         MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-512");
         md.update(str.getBytes());

         byte byteData[] = md.digest();

         //convert the byte to hex format method 1
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
         for (int i = 0; i < byteData.length; i++) {
          sb.append(Integer.toString((byteData[i] & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1));
         }

         System.out.println("Hex format : " + sb.toString());
         return sb.toString();
    }

chown · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-18 01:40:12Z

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strBuf is not initialized.

strBuf = new StringBuffer();

edited Nov 18, 2011 at 1:40

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answered Nov 3, 2011 at 12:49

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Android Killer · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-03 12:49:30Z

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Change your second line in your code to this.

StringBuffer strBuf=new StringBuffer();

Hope this will work for you. :)

answered Nov 3, 2011 at 12:49

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Amitsharma · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-02 04:27:01Z

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public class MainActivity extends Activity { StringBuffer strBuf;

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 StringBuffer  strBuf=new StringBuffer();

This is working Also for your code.

edited Apr 2, 2014 at 4:27

answered Nov 15, 2013 at 6:45

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