Fields mapping between 2 shapefiles

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I must manage the interoperability between 2 data models.
So, i would like to map the fields between two shapefiles. I used the component tMap and I mapped the necessary fields of the input shapefile with the fields of the output shapefile (which will be created).
The two shapefiles have a multilinestring geometry.
When I execute the job, I have a NullPointerException but each field is nullable and I check if the field is null or not.
Error :
connecting to socket on port 3646
connected
Exception in component sShapefileOutput_1_SO
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore.createSchema(ShapefileDataStore.java:963)
at org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore.createSchema(ShapefileDataStore.java:113)
at ng2grace.ngtograce_0_1.NGToGrace.sShapefileInput_1_GIProcess(NGToGrace.java:2518)
at ng2grace.ngtograce_0_1.NGToGrace.runJobInTOS(NGToGrace.java:3473)
at ng2grace.ngtograce_0_1.NGToGrace.main(NGToGrace.java:3339)
disconnected
I tried to put "null" in each empty field but it doesn't change anything.
Thank you for your help.
PS: I enclosed the job's scheme and the tMap configuration.

[Anonymous]

Hi, do you have a Geometry column in the output ? I don't see any link from the shape column (which is probably the input geometry) to something in the output.
Cheers.
Francois

[Anonymous]

Hi,
You are not mapping two Shapefiles in this job but you are creating a shapefile from a first one, with different schemas mapped thanks to a tMap component...with empty columns...(e.g. NPE in the error log).
Are you sure you would like to map fields between shapefiles?? or just create a new shapefile from fields of another one??
Cheers,
Mathieu

[Anonymous]

Thank you for yours responses.
@Fxp:
The geometry column is missing (I noticed it) but I choose "multilinestring" in the shapefileOutput configuration, so I thought it was enough.
@mcoudert:
I just want to create a new shapefile from another one. Concerning the empty columns, I tried to put "null" but I already had the NPE error.
Cheers,
Nicolas
Edit : If i add a Geometry column , i have this new error :
Exception in component sShapefileOutput_1_SO
java.io.IOException: Unable to write : routines.system.Document
at org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore.createDbaseHeader(ShapefileDataStore.java:1217)
at org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore.createSchema(ShapefileDataStore.java:1003)
at org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore.createSchema(ShapefileDataStore.java:113)
at ng2grace.ngtograce_0_1.NGToGrace.sShapefileInput_1_GIProcess(NGToGrace.java:2557)
at ng2grace.ngtograce_0_1.NGToGrace.runJobInTOS(NGToGrace.java:3527)
at ng2grace.ngtograce_0_1.NGToGrace.main(NGToGrace.java:3393)