From 6954a34c9a2701e9583b5640f95487d170b737af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jan-vcapgemini <59438728+jan-vcapgemini@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:23:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #175: fixed NPE for missing version (#176)

---
 .../java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/url/model/UrlMetadata.java    | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/url/model/UrlMetadata.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/url/model/UrlMetadata.java
index 183cf300e..1597c7ec2 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/url/model/UrlMetadata.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/url/model/UrlMetadata.java
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ public UrlVersion getVersionFolder(String tool, String edition, VersionIdentifie
 
     VersionIdentifier resolvedVersion = getVersion(tool, edition, version);
     UrlVersion urlVersion = getEdition(tool, edition).getChild(resolvedVersion.toString());
-    Objects.requireNonNull(urlVersion);
+    if (urlVersion == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+          "Version " + version + " for tool " + tool + " does not exist in edition " + edition + ".");
+    }
     return urlVersion;
   }