Errors running web3j-cli with clean install on Windows

[pspiro]

I did a clean install on Windows and then ran "web3j new" as per the quickstart, and I get this error. Can anyone help?

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.web3j.codegen.unit.gen.CompilerClassLoader.compileClass(CompilerClassLoader.java:86)
        at org.web3j.codegen.unit.gen.CompilerClassLoader.findClass(CompilerClassLoader.java:50)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at org.web3j.codegen.unit.gen.ClassProvider.loadClass(ClassProvider.java:61)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.Iterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.Spliterators$IteratorSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(Unknown Source)
        at org.web3j.codegen.unit.gen.ClassProvider.getClasses(ClassProvider.java:44)
        at org.web3j.console.project.java.JavaTestCLIRunner.generateJava(JavaTestCLIRunner.java:91)
        at org.web3j.console.project.java.JavaProject.generateTests(JavaProject.java:40)
        at org.web3j.console.project.AbstractProject.createProject(AbstractProject.java:67)
        at org.web3j.console.project.java.JavaProjectRunner.generateJava(JavaProjectRunner.java:48)
        at org.web3j.console.project.java.JavaProjectCreatorRunner.createProject(JavaProjectCreatorRunner.java:26)
        at org.web3j.console.project.ProjectRunner.run(ProjectRunner.java:86)
        at org.web3j.console.project.NewProjectCommand.run(NewProjectCommand.java:67)
        at picocli.CommandLine.executeUserObject(CommandLine.java:1729)
        at picocli.CommandLine.access$900(CommandLine.java:145)
        at picocli.CommandLine$RunLast.handle(CommandLine.java:2101)
        at picocli.CommandLine$RunLast.handle(CommandLine.java:2068)
        at picocli.CommandLine$AbstractParseResultHandler.execute(CommandLine.java:1935)
        at picocli.CommandLine.execute(CommandLine.java:1864)
        at org.web3j.console.Web3jCommand.parse(Web3jCommand.java:113)
        at org.web3j.console.Web3j.main(Web3j.java:18)

[NickSneo]

Hey @pspiro , can you check with latest web3j-cli? It is working fine for me.
https://github.com/web3j/web3j-cli/releases/tag/v1.5.0

[NickSneo]

Closing as no reply from user. And I tested on windows web3j-cli is working fine