Unable to add Tomcat Server to NetBeans 12.4

[RitaShp]

Apache NetBeans version

Apache NetBeans 17

What happened

I had tomcat server added to the Netbeans, but it stopped working. I deleted it and tried to add again, but got folloiwing error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.io.InputStream.close()" because "input" is null at org.netbeans.modules.payara.tooling.data.PayaraPlatformVersion.getVersions(PayaraPlatformVersion.java:103) at org.netbeans.modules.payara.common.PayaraPlatformDetails.getInstantiatingIterator(PayaraPlatformDetails.java:58) at org.netbeans.modules.payara.common.wizards.PayaraWizardProvider.getInstantiatingIterator(PayaraWizardProvider.java:79) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardVisual$WizardListModel.resultChanged(ServerWizardVisual.java:376) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardVisual$WizardListModel.(ServerWizardVisual.java:347) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardVisual.initComponents(ServerWizardVisual.java:261) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardVisual.(ServerWizardVisual.java:73) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardPanel.getComponent(ServerWizardPanel.java:50) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardPanel.getVisual(ServerWizardPanel.java:95) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.ServerWizardPanel.readSettings(ServerWizardPanel.java:61) at org.openide.WizardDescriptor.updateStateOpen(WizardDescriptor.java:843) at org.openide.WizardDescriptor.updateState(WizardDescriptor.java:797) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard.updateState(AddServerInstanceWizard.java:213) at org.openide.WizardDescriptor._updateState(WizardDescriptor.java:775) at org.openide.WizardDescriptor.initialize(WizardDescriptor.java:450) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard.(AddServerInstanceWizard.java:95) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard.showAddServerInstanceWizard(AddServerInstanceWizard.java:179) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.wizard.AddServerInstanceWizard.showAddServerInstanceWizard(AddServerInstanceWizard.java:105) at org.netbeans.modules.server.ui.node.AddServerInstanceAction.actionPerformed(AddServerInstanceAction.java:34) at org.openide.awt.AlwaysEnabledAction$1.run(AlwaysEnabledAction.java:174) at org.openide.util.actions.ActionInvoker$1.run(ActionInvoker.java:70) at org.openide.util.actions.ActionInvoker.doPerformAction(ActionInvoker.java:91) at org.openide.util.actions.ActionInvoker.invokeAction(ActionInvoker.java:74) at org.openide.awt.AlwaysEnabledAction.actionPerformed(AlwaysEnabledAction.java:177) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1972) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2313) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:405) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:262) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:374) at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1022) at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1066) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6617) at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3342) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6382) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2264) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4993) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2322) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4825) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4934) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4563) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4504) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2308) at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2773) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4825) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:772) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:715) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:95) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:745) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:743) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:742) at org.netbeans.core.TimableEventQueue.dispatchEvent(TimableEventQueue.java:136) [catch] at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)

How to reproduce

Click on Servers, click on Add Server

Did this work correctly in an earlier version?

No / Don't know

Operating System

Windows Server 2012 R2 version 6.3 running on amd64; Cp1252; en_US (nb)

JDK

16.0.2; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 16.0.2+7-67

Apache NetBeans packaging

Own source build

Anything else

No response

Are you willing to submit a pull request?

No

[neilcsmith-net]

NetBeans 17 or NetBeans 12.4? If not 17, please upgrade and try again.

[RitaShp]

12.4, is there anyway to fix it without upgrade?

[neilcsmith-net]

We only support the latest release.