How to trace a NullPointerException in a chain of getters

someObject.getSomething().getSomethingElse().
    getAnotherThing().getYetAnotherObject().getValue();

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at package.SomeClass.someMethod(SomeClass.java:12)

Foo ret1 = someObject.getSomething();
Bar ret2 = ret1.getSomethingElse();
Baz ret3 = ret2.getAnotherThing();
Bam ret4 = ret3.getYetAnotherOject();
int ret5 = ret4.getValue();

a.getB().getC().getD().getE();

someObject.getSomething()
          .getSomethingElse()
          .getAnotherThing()
          .getYetAnotherObject()
          .getValue();

public Foo getSomething()
{
  Foo result;
  ...
  if (result == null) {
    throw new IllegalStateException("Something is missing");
  }
  return result;
}

someObject.getSomething().getSomethingElse().
getAnotherThing().getYetAnotherObject().getValue();