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We have server side Java code from a third party, and are trying to connect it to our database. &nbsp;The third party provided a jar file for their proprietary database code, and we have included that within the project's build path. &nbsp;The project compiles correctly, but at runtime we are getting a null pointerexception when trying to call any functions from within the jar file. &nbsp;Is there something else that we should do so that the Java code can access the jar file?
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We have server side Java code from a third party, and are trying to connect it to our database.  The third party provided a jar file for their proprietary database code, and we have included that within the project's build path.  The project compiles correctly, but at runtime we are getting a null pointerexception when trying to call any functions from within the jar file.  Is there something else that we should do so that the Java code can access the jar file?

Null pointer exception connecting to DB

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