Bug 200751 NPE in Excel emitter
writer.text( ( (Data) d ).txt.toString( ) ); SEVERE: An error happened while running the report. Cause: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.excel.ExcelWriter.writeText(Ex celWriter.java:102) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.excel.ExcelWriter.writeTxtData (ExcelWriter.java:152) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.excel.ExcelEmitter.outputData( ExcelEmitter.java:311) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.excel.ExcelEmitter.end(ExcelEm itter.java:286) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RenderTask$PageRangeRender.re nder(RenderTask.java:593) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RenderTask.render(RenderTask. java:260)
engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.prototype.excel/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/excel/StyleEngine.java
Rule crule, Rule rule )
	{
		if ( crule == null || rule == null )
		{
			return;
		}
		if ( crule.getStart( ) == rule.getStart( ) )
		{
			StyleBuilder.applyLeftBorder( centry, entry );
		}
		if ( crule.getEnd( ) == rule.getEnd( ) )
		{
			StyleBuilder.applyRightBorder( centry, entry );
		}
	}
	private StyleEntry initStyle( IStyle style, Rule rule )
	{
		StyleEntry entry = StyleBuilder.createStyleEntry( style );
		
		if(engine.getContainers( ).size( ) > 0)		
		{
			XlsContainer container = engine.getCurrentContainer( );
			StyleEntry cEntry = container.getStyle( );
			StyleBuilder.mergeInheritableProp( cEntry, entry );
			applyHBorders( cEntry, entry, container.getRule( ), rule );
		}
		return entry;
	}
}