[java] Avoiding NPW when building the error payload

diemol · diemol · commit 43318cb96934 · 2023-03-29T12:05:04.000-05:00
Fixes #11794
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/ErrorCodec.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/ErrorCodec.java
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@ public Map<String, Object> encode(Throwable throwable) {
 
     W3CError err = fromThrowable(throwable);
 
+    String message =  throwable.getMessage() == null ?
+                      "<no message present in throwable>" : throwable.getMessage();
+
     return ImmutableMap.of(
         "value", ImmutableMap.of(
             "error", err.w3cErrorString,
-            "message", throwable.getMessage(),
+            "message", message,
             "stacktrace", Throwables.getStackTraceAsString(throwable)));
   }
 
