"Unexpected exception" when attempting to upload data

[julian.d.bender@…]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Attempt to "upload data" for "Edits Beersheva to Lakiya.osm" (attached)

What is the expected result?
Successful upload

What happens instead?
"Unexpected exception" error message appears (see attached screenshot)

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if
possible.

Repository Root: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn
Build-Date: 2013-09-20 01:34:27
Last Changed Author: Don-vip
Revision: 6238
Repository UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
URL: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
Last Changed Date: 2013-09-20 00:19:19 +0200 (Fri, 20 Sep 2013)
Last Changed Rev: 6238

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (6238 en) Windows 7 64-Bit
Memory Usage: 63 MB / 247 MB (18 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 1.7.0_40, Oracle Corporation, Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM

Dataset consistency test:
[WARN - ZERO NODES] Way {Way id=208535322 version=3 MVT nodes=[]} has zero nodes
[WARN - ZERO NODES] Way {Way id=82542345 version=11 MVT> nodes=[]} has zero nodes
[WARN - ZERO NODES] Way {Way id=145239065 version=2 MVT nodes=[]} has zero nodes
[WARN - ZERO NODES] Way {Way id=95258463 version=2 MVT nodes=[]} has zero nodes



java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.data.validation.tests.WayConnectedToArea.visit(WayConnectedToArea.java:31)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.Way.accept(Way.java:212)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.data.validation.Test.visit(Test.java:144)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.upload.ValidateUploadHook.checkUpload(ValidateUploadHook.java:61)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.UploadAction.checkPreUploadConditions(UploadAction.java:197)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.UploadAction.uploadData(UploadAction.java:220)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.UploadAction.actionPerformed(UploadAction.java:270)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

[anonymous]

screenshot of error

[Don-vip]

Closed as duplicate of #7465.