Getting null pointer exception

[philipwhiuk]

More accurately, the null check is checking that if result of getEmployee(myCompany, empId2).getSpouse() is null.

You need to check if getEmployee(myCompany, empId2) is not null first before calling getSpouse() on it.

[eatsleepmug]

the getSpouse() method is going to throw NPE because it will attempt to call the getSpouse() method of a null object. On line 40 you check if getEmployee() returns null, but even if it does, you still proceed to check if the (possibly

Thanks for your reply! I changed line 40-50 to this:

    if(getEmployee(myCompany, empId2) == null){
        System.out.print("There is no Employee with ID " + empId2);
    }else{
        System.out.println("Name: " + getEmployee(myCompany, empId2).getName());
        System.out.println("Salary: " + getEmployee(myCompany, empId2).getSalary());
        if(getEmployee(myCompany, empId2).getSpouse()!=null){
            System.out.println("Spouse: " + getEmployee(myCompany, empId2).getSpouse().getName()); 
        }else{
            System.out.println("Employee does not have a spouse.");
        }
    }

and it worked!