[fix] NullPointerException Cannot Invoke findById because Repository is null - Java Spring

Exception Stacktrace Extract:

Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcherServlet] in context with path [] threw exception 
[Request processing failed: java.lang.NullPointerException: 
Cannot invoke "org.code2care.todolist.todolist.entities.ToDoRepository.findById(Object)" 
because "this.toDoRepository" is null]

Reason:

The reason for this error is that you have defined a member variable of your Repository class in the Spring Controller class but have not @Autowired it. As it is not injected by the Spring IoC container, you get a NullPointerException when you try to do an operation over it

Solution:

Make sure you add @Autowired annotation above all your repositories in the Controller class,

Example:

@Autowired
private ToDoListRepository toDoListRepository;
    
@Autowired
private ToDoRepository toDoRepository;

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