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Not a permissions issue either (I moved it all to the user Documents folder). And changed the locale parameter to en_US only (although the es_ES and pt_BR I edited manually work seamlessly if compiling with FB). Still, same java.lang.NullPointerException. – Alexandre Madurell Feb 24 '11 at 11:42. But what makes java lucrative is that code once compiled can run not only on all PC platforms but also mobiles or other electronic gadgets supporting java. Hence, 'Java is a programming language as well as a Platform'.