Hi,

When I try to configure the Jira plugin I get the an error.
The stack trace is:
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Exception: ?
Stacktrace:
java.net.MalformedURLException
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:619)
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:482)
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:431)
at hudson.plugins.jira.JiraSite$DescriptorImpl.doValidate(JiraSite.java:652)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:288)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:151)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:90)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:111)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:677)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:770)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$6.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:241)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:677)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:770)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:583)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:214)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:45)
at winstone.ServletConfiguration.execute(ServletConfiguration.java:248)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:333)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:376)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:95)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:87)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:48)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:50)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:331)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.processRequest(RequestHandlerThread.java:227)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.run(RequestHandlerThread.java:150)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:524)
... 52 more
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Searching for the problem yielded nothing.
Connecting with a debugger helped me conclude that:
Handling POST /descriptorByName/hudson.plugins.jira.JiraSite/validate : RequestH
andlerThread2[1] print alternativeUrl
alternativeUrl = null