In the geocode function RemoveThermalNoise step failed with a null pointer exception when a shapefile is specified

Hello,

I am having trouble geocoding scenes when specifying a shapefile in order to reduce processing time. There seems to be a problem with the RemoveThermalNoise step (which failed with an exception). It is to note the function is running smoothly if I do not specify the site shapefile.

• which operating system are you using?
  Ubuntu 18.4

• which environment is pyroSAR running in?
  A dockerised environement

• which version of pyroSAR are you using?
  Installed via pip: pyroSAR==0.11

• which function of pyroSAR did you call with which parameters?
  geocode(infile=scene, outdir='./experiment_v1/subset', tr=10, scaling='dB', shapefile='shape.shp')

• if applicable, which version of SNAP or GAMMA are you using in pyroSAR? SNAP version 7.0.0

• the full error message

Executing processing graph
java.lang.NullPointerException
 done.
INFO: org.esa.snap.core.gpf.operators.tooladapter.ToolAdapterIO: Initializing external tool adapters
INFO: org.esa.snap.core.util.EngineVersionCheckActivator: Please check regularly for new updates for the best SNAP experience.
INFO: org.hsqldb.persist.Logger: dataFileCache open start
org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphException: [NodeId: ThermalNoiseRemoval] java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.NodeContext.initTargetProduct(NodeContext.java:79)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphContext.initNodeContext(GraphContext.java:195)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphContext.initNodeContext(GraphContext.java:178)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphContext.initOutput(GraphContext.java:162)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphContext.<init>(GraphContext.java:91)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphContext.<init>(GraphContext.java:64)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.GraphProcessor.executeGraph(GraphProcessor.java:128)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.DefaultCommandLineContext.executeGraph(DefaultCommandLineContext.java:86)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.CommandLineTool.executeGraph(CommandLineTool.java:534)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.CommandLineTool.runGraph(CommandLineTool.java:388)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.CommandLineTool.runGraphOrOperator(CommandLineTool.java:287)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.CommandLineTool.run(CommandLineTool.java:188)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.CommandLineTool.run(CommandLineTool.java:121)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.GPT.run(GPT.java:54)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.main.GPT.main(GPT.java:34)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.esa.snap.runtime.Launcher.lambda$run$0(Launcher.java:55)
	at org.esa.snap.runtime.Engine.runClientCode(Engine.java:189)
	at org.esa.snap.runtime.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:51)
	at org.esa.snap.runtime.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:31)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(LauncherEngine.java:65)
	at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.UnixLauncher.main(UnixLauncher.java:57)
Caused by: org.esa.snap.core.gpf.OperatorException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.esa.snap.engine_utilities.gpf.OperatorUtils.catchOperatorException(OperatorUtils.java:415)
	at org.esa.s1tbx.calibration.gpf.Sentinel1RemoveThermalNoiseOp.initialize(Sentinel1RemoveThermalNoiseOp.java:165)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.initializeOperator(OperatorContext.java:486)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.internal.OperatorContext.getTargetProduct(OperatorContext.java:273)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.Operator.getTargetProduct(Operator.java:387)
	at org.esa.snap.core.gpf.graph.NodeContext.initTargetProduct(NodeContext.java:77)
	... 28 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.esa.s1tbx.calibration.gpf.Sentinel1RemoveThermalNoiseOp.getProductType(Sentinel1RemoveThermalNoiseOp.java:179)
	at org.esa.s1tbx.calibration.gpf.Sentinel1RemoveThermalNoiseOp.initialize(Sentinel1RemoveThermalNoiseOp.java:140)
	... 32 more

Error: [NodeId: ThermalNoiseRemoval] java.lang.NullPointerException

[S1B_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20190501T180408_20190501T180433_016054_01E318_F627_tmp1.xml] failed with return code 1
failed: experiment_v1/subset/S1B__IW___A_20190501T180408_NR_Orb_TF_TC_dB/S1B__IW___A_20190501T180408_NR_Orb_TF_TC_dB_proc.xml

[vfp1]

Thanks! Will keep you posted with this.

[johntruckenbrodt]

Yep, that’s been bothering me for a long time. Instead of new features I would love to see some better software packaging. There is not even a proper way to automatically update from the command line, only a workaround written by a former colleague of mine described here.