[RESOLVED] NullPointerException thrown when trying to loop through file and put contents in Array???

Method:

Code:

Properties prop = new Properties();
public static String[] zoneNames;
public static String zoneName;
public static int zoneCount;
static File Zones = new File(mainDirectory + File.separator + "Zones.dat");


    public void fillZoneNamesArray() throws IOException{
        int e;
        FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(Zones);
        prop.load(in);
        for(e=1; e <= zoneCount;e++){
            zoneNames[e - 1] = prop.getProperty("Zone" + e);
        }
        in.close();
    }

Error thrown :

Code:

18:27:31 [SEVERE] null loading Zones v1.0 (Is it up to date?)
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at me.Adamki11s.Zones.Zones.fillZoneNamesArray(Zones.java:78)
        at me.Adamki11s.Zones.Zones.onEnable(Zones.java:52)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:127)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader
.java:632)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManage
r.java:218)
        at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:116)
        at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:94)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:217)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:204)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:144)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:259)
        at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:394)
>

Config File Example:

Code:

#Do NOT edit this config!
#Wed Apr 27 18:16:41 BST 2011
ZoneCount=2
Zone2=second
Zone1=first