fixed null pointer issue in ReporterManager, fixes #517 (#518)

* fixed null pointer issue in ReporterManager, fixes #517
* prepare release

.github/workflows/checkstyle-linux.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ jobs:
         npx haxe build.hxml
         npx haxe buildDebug.hxml
     - name: Build NodeJs version
-      run: npx haxe buildJS.hxml
+      run: |
+        npx haxe buildJS.hxml
+        bash uglifyCheckstyle.sh
     - name: Build C++ version
       run: echo "y" | npx haxe buildCpp.hxml
     - name: Build JSON schema

.haxerc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "5645ecc",
+  "version": "966864c",
   "resolveLibs": "scoped"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## dev branch / next version (2.x.x)
 
+## version 2.8.4 (2023-01-05)
+
+- Fixed null pointer reference in BaseReporter, fixes [#517](https://github.com/HaxeCheckstyle/haxe-checkstyle/issues/517) ([#518](https://github.com/HaxeCheckstyle/haxe-checkstyle/issues/518))
 - Fixed null pointer reference in JSONReporter ([#516](https://github.com/HaxeCheckstyle/haxe-checkstyle/issues/516))
 - Fixed C++ compilation on nightly
 

buildJS.hxml

@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@ build/common.hxml
 -lib hxnodejs
 -main checkstyle.Main
 -js haxecheckstyle.js
-
--cmd mkdir -p bin && cp haxecheckstyle.js bin/checkstyle.js

haxelib.json

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
         "adireddy",
         "Gama11"
 	],
-    "releasenote": "fixed support for numeric separators and suffixes in MagicNumber check - see CHANGELOG",
-    "version": "2.8.3",
+    "releasenote": "fixed null pointer crashes in reporters - see CHANGELOG",
+    "version": "2.8.4",
     "url": "https://github.com/HaxeCheckstyle/haxe-checkstyle",
     "dependencies": {}
 }