Getting java.lang.NullPointerException while testing sdk's /settlement/transactions API for connection not available scenario

[Suryakanta26]

Hi Team,

While doing testing with this SDK for connection failure scenario by removing the internet connection, I am getting NullPointerException. The stacktrace is below

"localizedMessage":"Cannot invoke \"String.length()\" because \"s\" is null","message":"Cannot invoke \"String.length()\" because \"s\" is null","name":"java.lang.NullPointerException","extendedStackTrace":[{"class":"[java.io](http://java.io/).StringReader","method":"<init>","file":"StringReader.java","line":51,"exact":false,"location":"?","version":"?"},{"class":"com.google.gson.JsonParser","method":"parseString","file":"JsonParser.java","line":51,"exact":false,"location":"gson-2.10.1.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.google.gson.JsonParser","method":"parse","file":"JsonParser.java","line":115,"exact":false,"location":"gson-2.10.1.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.global.api.utils.JsonDoc","method":"parse","file":"JsonDoc.java","line":292,"exact":false,"location":"globalpayments-sdk-11.1.24.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.global.api.utils.JsonDoc","method":"parse","file":"JsonDoc.java","line":289,"exact":false,"location":"globalpayments-sdk-11.1.24.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.global.api.entities.gpApi.GpApiTokenResponse","method":"<init>","file":"GpApiTokenResponse.java","line":107,"exact":false,"location":"globalpayments-sdk-11.1.24.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.global.api.gateways.GpApiConnector","method":"getAccessToken","file":"GpApiConnector.java","line":190,"exact":false,"location":"globalpayments-sdk-11.1.24.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.global.api.gateways.GpApiConnector","method":"signIn","file":"GpApiConnector.java","line":124,"exact":false,"location":"globalpayments-sdk-11.1.24.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.global.api.gateways.GpApiConnector","method":"processReport","file":"GpApiConnector.java","line":300,"exact":false,"location":"globalpayments-sdk-11.1.24.jar","version":"?"},{"class":"com.global.api.builders.ReportBuilder","method":"execute","file":"ReportBuilder.java","line":56,"exact":false,"location":"globalpayments-sdk-11.1.24.jar","version":"?"}

Expected Result:
SDK should return ApiException e.g. GatewayException/ConnectionException

Possible Solution:
For a connection failure scenario, signin() method gets GatewayException with null response. But due to the missing else
clause, the library failed to form ApiException in the below method. Resulting above NullPointerException.

GpApiConnector.generateGpApiException()

`
private void generateGpApiException(String responseCode, String responseText) throws GatewayException { 
 if (!StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(responseText)) { 
      JsonDoc parsedResponse = JsonDoc.parse(responseText); 
      if (parsedResponse.has("error_code")) { 
          String errorCode = parsedResponse.getString("error_code"); 
          String detailedErrorCode = parsedResponse.getString("detailed_error_code"); 
          String detailedErrorDescription = parsedResponse.getString("detailed_error_description"); 
          throw new GatewayException(String.format("Status Code: %s - %s", responseCode, detailedErrorDescription), errorCode, 
          detailedErrorCode); 
      }
  }// Missing else clause 
 }
`

Requesting library maintainers to fix this.

Thanks.