Null Pointer Exception - 3rd Gen Tree

Seems that the "points" array is getting set to 'null' in a newly created child node. Assuming you haven't modified the code of the tree, and you're not doing any multithreading things, I can only see one possible cause: *All* of the data points are being put in the same child node, causing the newly created child node to itself be split while the upper level's splitLeafNode is still running. This implies that calculateSplit() is returning true when it shouldn't.

Could you add code to line 169 to print the list of coordinates stored in the node being split, or use a debugger to obtain similar information? My suspicion is that the coordinates you're putting into the tree are very unusual in some manner, possibly involving NaN values.