Useful boot time error but lacking context. Parameter 'value' may not be null

[whitingjr]

Hi,
I am seeing a boot time error. Due to my application not being configured properly.
Quarkus is reporting this

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'value' may not be null

I am compelled to then attach a debugger to understand exactly which property key name is at fault. Which is slows my productivity down.

A more convenient error Quarkus can provide is the context of the root cause with property name.
eg
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'value for key acme.roadrunner' may not be null

I created this commit in case you think it a useful contribution.

The full exception stack trace I am seeing

2024-04-23 11:06:50,948 ERROR [io.qua.dep.dev.IsolatedDevModeMain] (vert.x-worker-thread-2) Failed to start quarkus: java.lang.RuntimeException: io.quarkus.builder.BuildException: Build failure: Build failed due to errors
	[error]: Build step io.quarkus.deployment.steps.DevServicesConfigBuildStep#setup threw an exception: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'value' may not be null
	at org.wildfly.common.Assert.checkNotNullParamChecked(Assert.java:71)
	at org.wildfly.common.Assert.checkNotNullParam(Assert.java:49)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem.<init>(RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem.java:25)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.steps.DevServicesConfigBuildStep.setup(DevServicesConfigBuildStep.java:76)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.ExtensionLoader$3.execute(ExtensionLoader.java:849)
	at io.quarkus.builder.BuildContext.run(BuildContext.java:256)
	at org.jboss.threads.ContextHandler$1.runWith(ContextHandler.java:18)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$Task.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:2513)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1538)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
	at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:501)

	at io.quarkus.runner.bootstrap.AugmentActionImpl.runAugment(AugmentActionImpl.java:334)
	at io.quarkus.runner.bootstrap.AugmentActionImpl.reloadExistingApplication(AugmentActionImpl.java:264)
	at io.quarkus.runner.bootstrap.AugmentActionImpl.reloadExistingApplication(AugmentActionImpl.java:60)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.dev.IsolatedDevModeMain.restartApp(IsolatedDevModeMain.java:190)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.dev.IsolatedDevModeMain.restartCallback(IsolatedDevModeMain.java:173)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.dev.RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.doScan(RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.java:541)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.dev.RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.doScan(RuntimeUpdatesProcessor.java:441)
	at io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.devmode.VertxHttpHotReplacementSetup$5.call(VertxHttpHotReplacementSetup.java:150)
	at io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.devmode.VertxHttpHotReplacementSetup$5.call(VertxHttpHotReplacementSetup.java:137)
	at io.vertx.core.impl.ContextImpl.lambda$executeBlocking$0(ContextImpl.java:178)
	at io.vertx.core.impl.ContextInternal.dispatch(ContextInternal.java:279)
	at io.vertx.core.impl.ContextImpl.lambda$internalExecuteBlocking$2(ContextImpl.java:210)
	at org.jboss.threads.ContextHandler$1.runWith(ContextHandler.java:18)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$Task.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:2513)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1538)
	at org.jboss.threads.DelegatingRunnable.run(DelegatingRunnable.java:29)
	at org.jboss.threads.ThreadLocalResettingRunnable.run(ThreadLocalResettingRunnable.java:29)
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
Caused by: io.quarkus.builder.BuildException: Build failure: Build failed due to errors
	[error]: Build step io.quarkus.deployment.steps.DevServicesConfigBuildStep#setup threw an exception: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'value' may not be null
	at org.wildfly.common.Assert.checkNotNullParamChecked(Assert.java:71)
	at org.wildfly.common.Assert.checkNotNullParam(Assert.java:49)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem.<init>(RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem.java:25)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.steps.DevServicesConfigBuildStep.setup(DevServicesConfigBuildStep.java:76)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.ExtensionLoader$3.execute(ExtensionLoader.java:849)
	at io.quarkus.builder.BuildContext.run(BuildContext.java:256)
	at org.jboss.threads.ContextHandler$1.runWith(ContextHandler.java:18)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$Task.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:2513)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1538)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
	at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:501)

	at io.quarkus.builder.Execution.run(Execution.java:123)
	at io.quarkus.builder.BuildExecutionBuilder.execute(BuildExecutionBuilder.java:79)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.QuarkusAugmentor.run(QuarkusAugmentor.java:160)
	at io.quarkus.runner.bootstrap.AugmentActionImpl.runAugment(AugmentActionImpl.java:330)
	... 18 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'value' may not be null
	at org.wildfly.common.Assert.checkNotNullParamChecked(Assert.java:71)
	at org.wildfly.common.Assert.checkNotNullParam(Assert.java:49)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem.<init>(RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem.java:25)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.steps.DevServicesConfigBuildStep.setup(DevServicesConfigBuildStep.java:76)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
	at io.quarkus.deployment.ExtensionLoader$3.execute(ExtensionLoader.java:849)
	at io.quarkus.builder.BuildContext.run(BuildContext.java:256)
	at org.jboss.threads.ContextHandler$1.runWith(ContextHandler.java:18)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$Task.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:2513)
	at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1538)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
	at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:501)

quarkus version: 3.8.4 and master

Before I invest more time in this contribution is this considered an improvement to Quarkus ?

[dmlloyd]

Sure, I think this seems reasonable. It's a simple enough enhancement anyway.

[whitingjr]

ok, I will start going through the contribution steps and get agreement to set dedicate additional time.