#fixed code
                                private void registerResources(final PluginAnnotation<T> pluginAnnotation, final ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException {
        final T annot = pluginAnnotation.getAnnotation();
        WatchEventDTO watchEventDTO =  WatchEventDTO.parse(annot);

        String path = watchEventDTO.getPath();

        // normalize
        if (path == null || path.equals(".") || path.equals("/"))
            path = "";
        if (path.endsWith("/"))
            path = path.substring(0, path.length() - 2);


        // classpath resources (already should contain extraClasspath)
        Enumeration<URL> en = classLoader.getResources(path);
        while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
            try {
                URI uri = en.nextElement().toURI();

                // check that this is a local accessible file (not vfs inside JAR etc.)
                try {
                    new File(uri);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    LOGGER.trace("Skipping uri {}, not a local file.", uri);
                    continue;
                }


                LOGGER.debug("Registering resource listener on classpath URI {}", uri);
                registerResourceListener(pluginAnnotation, watchEventDTO, classLoader, uri);
            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                LOGGER.error("Unable convert root resource path URL to URI", e);
            }
        }

        // add extra directories for watchResources property
        if (!watchEventDTO.isClassFileEvent()) {
            for (URL url : pluginManager.getPluginConfiguration(classLoader).getWatchResources()) {
                try {
                    Path watchResourcePath = Paths.get(url.toURI());
                    Path pathInWatchResource = watchResourcePath.resolve(path);
                    if (pathInWatchResource.toFile().exists()) {
                        LOGGER.debug("Registering resource listener on watchResources URI {}", pathInWatchResource.toUri());
                        registerResourceListener(pluginAnnotation, watchEventDTO, classLoader, pathInWatchResource.toUri());
                    }
                } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                    LOGGER.error("Unable convert watch resource path URL {} to URI", e, url);
                }
            }
        }
    }
#vulnerable code 
                                private void registerResources(final PluginAnnotation<T> pluginAnnotation, final ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException {
        final T annot = pluginAnnotation.getAnnotation();
        WatchEventDTO watchEventDTO =  WatchEventDTO.parse(annot);

        String path = watchEventDTO.getPath();

        // normalize
        if (path.equals(".") || path.equals("/"))
            path = "";
        if (path.endsWith("/"))
            path = path.substring(0, path.length() - 2);


        // classpath resources (already should contain extraClasspath)
        Enumeration<URL> en = classLoader.getResources(path);
        while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
            try {
                URI uri = en.nextElement().toURI();

                // check that this is a local accessible file (not vfs inside JAR etc.)
                try {
                    new File(uri);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    LOGGER.trace("Skipping uri {}, not a local file.", uri);
                    continue;
                }


                LOGGER.debug("Registering resource listener on classpath URI {}", uri);
                registerResourceListener(pluginAnnotation, watchEventDTO, classLoader, uri);
            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                LOGGER.error("Unable convert root resource path URL to URI", e);
            }
        }

        // add extra directories for watchResources property
        if (!watchEventDTO.isClassFileEvent()) {
            for (URL url : pluginManager.getPluginConfiguration(classLoader).getWatchResources()) {
                try {
                    Path watchResourcePath = Paths.get(url.toURI());
                    Path pathInWatchResource = watchResourcePath.resolve(path);
                    if (pathInWatchResource.toFile().exists()) {
                        LOGGER.debug("Registering resource listener on watchResources URI {}", pathInWatchResource.toUri());
                        registerResourceListener(pluginAnnotation, watchEventDTO, classLoader, pathInWatchResource.toUri());
                    }
                } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                    LOGGER.error("Unable convert watch resource path URL {} to URI", e, url);
                }
            }
        }
    } 
                            #location 8 
                            #vulnerability type NULL_DEREFERENCE