While investigating an issue, I saw a NullPointerException without a stacktrace..
ERROR logs that omits the throwable object (and it is available) is quite devastating. I call such situation 'swallowing the exception'.
However, this time, it is very different. Apparently the HotSpot JVM may opt to not log the stacktrace but only the exception:
source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2411487/nullpointerexception-in-java-with-no-stacktrace
Having a look at older instances of this ERROR log, I found that the occurrence the day before indeed had stacktrace. This is quite surprising and something I would not expect..
