Creating a chat channel

I'm trying to create a chat channel but have came across a NPe which I can't figure out what's causing it.
This is my code for the full event

Code:java

    private CommandHandler ch;
        @EventHandler
    public void chatChannel(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event){
        Player p = event.getPlayer();
        if(ch.inClanChat.contains(p.getName())){
            event.setCancelled(true);
            ClanManager.getInstance().getPlayerClan(p).msg(ClanManager.getInstance().getPlayerClan(p), "THIS IS CLAN CHAT" + event.getMessage());
        }
    }

ArrayList I'm checking if player is in:

Code:java

    ArrayList<String> inAllyChat = new ArrayList<String>();

It's throwing the following NPE

Code:

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.mydeblob.Events.chatChannel(Events.java:36) ~[?:?]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_09]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) ~[?:1.7.0_09]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.7.0_09]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) ~[?:1.7.0_09]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader$1.execute(JavaPluginLoader.java:425) ~[bukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-b2974jnks]
    ... 31 more

on this line

Code:java

    if(ch.inClanChat.contains(p.getName()))

The weird part is, this NPE happens every time I talk even if I'm not in the arraylist inClanChat.
Any help is appreciated

 

mydeblob You don't seem to have initialized your CommandHandler.

 

Maurdekye
Sorry, I forgot to post that code. I have this super in my event class

Code:java

    public Events(ClansMain plugin, CommandHandler ch){
        this.plugin = plugin;
        this.ch = ch;
    }

 

Bump

 

KraZ__
This is pretty much what I did, but I didn't use methods.

KraZ__
I didn't need to use the chat channel much, only in one command. So I didn't make any methods. I will switch to methods, even though it shouldn't make a difference besides cleaning up my code. Maybe as I switch to methods I will find an error in my code, so Thank you. I will tell my result soon

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.