Thanks Guy,
When I said I have explicitly defined access to "field", I have <access>Field</access> element defined in orm.xml under top node. Adding the access="Field" on every entity made me get pass that error.
But now getting following big trace. Any clue why getting this NPE exception.
[javac] error: java.lang.NullPointerException
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.objects.MetadataAnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotationsCount(MetadataAnnotatedElement.java:205)
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.objects.MetadataAnnotatedElement.hasDeclaredAnnotations(MetadataAnnotatedElement.java:347)
[javac] Note:
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.ClassAccessor.havePersistenceFieldAnnotationsDefined(ClassAccessor.java:673)
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.MappedSuperclassAccessor.processAccessType(MappedSuperclassAccessor.java:483)
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.MappedSuperclassAccessor.preProcessForCanonicalModel(MappedSuperclassAccessor.java:452)
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.modelgen.objects.PersistenceUnit.preProcessForCanonicalModel(PersistenceUnit.java:451)
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.modelgen.CanonicalModelProcessor.process(CanonicalModelProcessor.java:352)
[javac] Note:
com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.callProcessor(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:624)
[javac] Note: com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.discoverAndRunProcs(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:553)
[javac] Note: com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.doProcessing(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:698)
[javac] Note: com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.processAnnotations(JavaCompiler.java:981)
[javac] Note: com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:727)
[javac] Note: com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:353)
[javac] Note: com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:279)
[javac] Note: com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:270)
[javac] Note:
com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:69)
[javac] Note: sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[javac] Note: sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
[javac] Note: sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
[javac] Note: java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.Javac13.execute(Javac13.java:56)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.compile(Javac.java:1065)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.execute(Javac.java:882)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
[javac] Note: sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1.invoke(Unknown
Source)
[javac] Note: sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
[javac] Note: java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
[javac] Note:
org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:32)
[javac] Note: org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:423)
[javac] Note: org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.InternalAntRunner.main(InternalAntRunner.java:137)
[javac] An annotation processor threw an uncaught exception.
[javac] Consult the following stack trace for details.
[javac] java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
[javac] at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.modelgen.CanonicalModelProcessor.process(CanonicalModelProcessor.java:365)
[javac] at
com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.callProcessor(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:624)
[javac] at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.discoverAndRunProcs(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:553)
[javac] at com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.doProcessing(JavacProcessingEnvironment.java:698)
[javac] at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.processAnnotations(JavaCompiler.java:981)
[javac] at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:727)
[javac] at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:353)
[javac] at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:279)
[javac] at
com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:270)
[javac] at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:69)
[javac] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[javac] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
[javac] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
[javac] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.Javac13.execute(Javac13.java:56)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.compile(Javac.java:1065)
[javac] at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.execute(Javac.java:882)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
[javac] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1.invoke(Unknown Source)
[javac] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
[javac] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
[javac] at
org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
[javac] at org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:32)
[javac] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
[javac] at org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:423)
[javac] at
org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.InternalAntRunner.main(InternalAntRunner.java:137)
[javac] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
[javac] at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.objects.MetadataAnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotationsCount(MetadataAnnotatedElement.java:205)
[javac] at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.objects.MetadataAnnotatedElement.hasDeclaredAnnotations(MetadataAnnotatedElement.java:347)
[javac] at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.ClassAccessor.havePersistenceFieldAnnotationsDefined(ClassAccessor.java:673)
[javac] at
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.MappedSuperclassAccessor.processAccessType(MappedSuperclassAccessor.java:483)
[javac] at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes.MappedSuperclassAccessor.preProcessForCanonicalModel(MappedSuperclassAccessor.java:452)
[javac] at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.modelgen.objects.PersistenceUnit.preProcessForCanonicalModel(PersistenceUnit.java:451)
[javac] at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.modelgen.CanonicalModelProcessor.process(CanonicalModelProcessor.java:352)
[javac] ... 31 more
