Jasperreports引擎与设计器版本不匹配的异常

 今天在搞交接工作，给同事演示报表平台的功能，前些天还运行正常的系统，今天抛了个异常：

java.lang.NullPointerException
	net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRPropertiesMap.readObject(JRPropertiesMap.java:185)
	sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:974)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1849)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1753)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1329)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1947)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1871)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1753)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1329)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readArray(ObjectInputStream.java:1667)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1323)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1947)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1871)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1753)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1329)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1947)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1871)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1753)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1329)
	java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:351)
	net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader.loadObject(JRLoader.java:88)
	net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader.loadObject(JRLoader.java:64)
	org.apache.jsp.jasperCommonPage_jsp._jspService(jasperCommonPage_jsp.java:109)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:374)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)

    通过分析发现，不是代码的问题，因为其他的报表能正常运行，原来我在做报表模板时用的Ireport设计器是3.0版本的，而Jasperreports引擎用的是2.02版本，低版本的引擎解析不了高版本的jasper文件。重新换了报表设计器后，问题解决。个人认为由于版本的问题Jasperreports抛空指针异常，出错的提示不是很明确，能有更准确的提示信息会更容易查找些。将这个问题贴出，希望能对遇到类似问题的朋友有所帮助。