Hi,

Here is the answer.

When an object is not initialized, the default value is null. When the following things happen, the NullPointerException is thrown:

*Calling the instance method of a null object.

*Accessing or modifying the field of a null object.

*Taking the length of a null as if it were an array.

*Accessing or modifying the slots of null as if it were an array.

*Throwing null as if it were a Throwable value.

The NullPointerException is a runtime exception.The best practice is to catch such exception even if it is not required by language design.

Thanks.