Problem

If you try to use the "Objects" block in the form editor, an error message is produced and you cannot configure the field:

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.top_logic.element.meta.form.EditContext.getAnnotation(java.lang.Class)" because "editContext" is null at com.top_logic.element.layout.formeditor.FormDefinitionEditor$OpenEditor.resolveFormType(FormDefinitionEditor.java:219) at com.top_logic.element.layout.formeditor.FormDefinitionEditor$OpenEditor.<init>(FormDefinitionEditor.java:107) at com.top_logic.element.layout.formeditor.FormDefinitionEditor.createUI(FormDefinitionEditor.java:72) at com.top_logic.layout.form.values.edit.EditorFactory.createMember(EditorFactory.java:587) at com.top_logic.layout.form.values.edit.EditorFactory.createMember(EditorFactory.java:473) at com.top_logic.layout.form.values.edit.EditorFactory.initEditorGroup(EditorFactory.java:429) at com.top_logic.layout.form.values.edit.EditorFactory.initEditorGroup(EditorFactory.java:389) at com.top_logic.layout.form.values.edit.EditorFactory.initEditorGroup(EditorFactory.java:336) at com.top_logic.layout.form.values.edit.EditorFactory.initEditorGroup(EditorFactory.java:313) at com.top_logic.layout.messagebox.CreateConfigurationDialog.initContainer(CreateConfigurationDialog.java:111) at com.top_logic.model.form.implementation.AbstractFormElementProvider$1.initContainer(AbstractFormElementProvider.java:104) at com.top_logic.model.form.implementation.AbstractFormElementProvider$1.initContainer(AbstractFormElementProvider.java:99) at com.top_logic.layout.messagebox.CreateConfigurationDialog.fillFormContext(CreateConfigurationDialog.java:95) at com.top_logic.layout.messagebox.AbstractFormDialogBase.getFormContext(AbstractFormDialogBase.java:99) at com.top_logic.layout.messagebox.AbstractCreateConfigurationDialog.createView(AbstractCreateConfigurationDialog.java:86) at com.top_logic.layout.messagebox.AbstractDialog.createLayout(AbstractDialog.java:97) at com.top_logic.layout.messagebox.AbstractDialog.open(AbstractDialog.java:82) at com.top_logic.layout.messagebox.AbstractDialog.open(AbstractDialog.java:73) at com.top_logic.element.layout.formeditor.FormEditorElementFactory.openDialog(FormEditorElementFactory.java:72) at com.top_logic.element.layout.formeditor.FormEditorPreviewControl.moveMember(FormEditorPreviewControl.java:227) at com.top_logic.element.layout.formeditor.FormEditorPreviewControl.moveMember(FormEditorPreviewControl.java:118) at com.top_logic.element.layout.formeditor.FormEditorAbstractControl$MoveMember.execute(FormEditorAbstractControl.java:166) at com.top_logic.layout.basic.AbstractControlBase.executeCommand(AbstractControlBase.java:981) at com.top_logic.layout.basic.component.ControlSupport.executeCommand(ControlSupport.java:223) at com.top_logic.layout.basic.component.ControlComponent$DispatchAction.handleCommand(ControlComponent.java:233) at com.top_logic.tool.boundsec.CommandHandlerUtil.handleCommand(CommandHandlerUtil.java:29) at com.top_logic.mig.html.layout.LayoutComponent.dispatchCommand(LayoutComponent.java:3034) at com.top_logic.mig.html.layout.CommandDispatcher.internalDispatchCommand(CommandDispatcher.java:196) ... 45 more