java.lang.NullPointerException while creating new SOA Application in Jdev 12c

Just want to share an experience regarding an issue I came across while working on Jdeveloper 12c version 12.1.3.0.

Issue: I was getting below exception while trying to create a new SOA Application and Project in my Jdeveloper:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.jdeveloper.model.ApplicationContent.getInstance(ApplicationContent.java:62)
at oracle.jdeveloper.template.wizard.NewApplicationFromTemplateWizard.configureApp(NewApplicationFromTemplateWizard.java:250)
at oracle.jdeveloper.template.wizard.NewApplicationFromTemplateWizard.getOrCreateWorkspace(NewApplicationFromTemplateWizard.java:232)
at oracle.jdeveloper.template.wizard.NewObjectFromTemplateWizard$CreateObjectFromTemplateWorker.doInBackground(NewObjectFromTemplateWizard.java:814)
at oracle.jdeveloper.template.wizard.NewObjectFromTemplateWizard$CreateObjectFromTemplateWorker.doInBackground(NewObjectFromTemplateWizard.java:796)
at javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:296)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(SwingWorker.java:335)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Resolution: you need to delete o.ide file from below path and take a restart of Jdev :

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system12.1.3.0.41.140521.1008\

By doing so the issue was resolved.

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