NullPointerException: Cannot invoke String.toUpperCase()

[linforestzhang]

Copy synthea-international-master\fi\* to my local synthea-3.3.0

CMD:
run_synthea.bat -p 1

CMD Console Output:
`
ARG = -p
ARG = 1
ARG =
syntheaArgs = '-p','1',

Task :run FAILED
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.toUpperCase()" because the return value of "org.mitre.synthea.world.geography.Location.getAbbreviation(String)" is null
at org.mitre.synthea.world.agents.PayerManager.loadPayers(PayerManager.java:137)
at org.mitre.synthea.world.agents.PayerManager.loadPayers(PayerManager.java:107)
at org.mitre.synthea.engine.Generator.init(Generator.java:265)
at org.mitre.synthea.engine.Generator.(Generator.java:209)
at App.main(App.java:274)

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':run'.

Process 'command '...\jdk-17.0.7+7\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

• Try:

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Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

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BUILD FAILED in 2s
4 actionable tasks: 3 executed, 1 up-to-date
`

[jawalonoski]

Yes, many of these configurations are broken with the latest version of Synthea. A fixes branch is in progress, but the priority is low, so it might take a while to fix all of them.

[linforestzhang]

Got it. Thank you so much, Jason. And looking forward to it.

[pmedvedev]

Is there a recommended previous version to fall back to? I believe the question I posted here: #8 (comment) is around the same issue I'm having.