A strange error during Bayesian estimation

Estimation ML/Bayesian estimation
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I am getting the following error in the dynare,

!!!!!!!!
java.lang.Exception: Stack trace
	at java.lang.Thread.dumpStack(Unknown Source)
	at com.mathworks.hg.util.OutputHelperProcessingException.<init>(OutputHelperProcessingException.java:17)
	at com.mathworks.hg.util.HGVectorOutputHelper.open(HGVectorOutputHelper.java:76)
!!!!!!!!
Error using print (line 102)
There was a problem while generating the output: Java exception occurred:
java.lang.NullPointerException

	at com.mathworks.hg.print.FOPPDFVectorStrategy.endJob(FOPPDFVectorStrategy.java:127)

	at com.mathworks.hg.util.HGVectorOutputHelper.close(HGVectorOutputHelper.java:239)

Error in dyn_saveas (line 48)
        print(h,'-dpdf',[fname,'.pdf'])
Error in McMCDiagnostics (line 328)
    dyn_saveas(h,[OutputFolder '/' ModelName '_udiag'
    int2str(i)],options_.nodisplay,options_.graph_format);
Error in dynare_estimation_1 (line 465)
                oo_= McMCDiagnostics(options_, estim_params_, M_,oo_);
Error in dynare_estimation (line 105)
    dynare_estimation_1(var_list,dname);
Error in BE_corrected_rpc_euler_change_ygap_rpc (line 618)
oo_recursive_=dynare_estimation(var_list_);
Error in dynare (line 235)
evalin('base',fname) ;

What is this?

2

This error comes just after first “MCMC univariate convergence diagnostic” plot pops out on the screen.

It has never happened before. All I remember is that I have updated java on my laptop few days before. Is it to do with this?

3

Is this error replicable, i.e. does it show up whenever you run the file or just once?

5

Sorry, but I cannot reproduce the issue. This seems to be a Matlab issue related to plotting.

6

Thnx for your response.