Unhandled event loop exception (NPE)

noopur2507 · noopur2507 · commit b356cbcbcdce · 2025-05-21T13:07:09.000+05:30
Fixes #2223
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/javaeditor/JavaOutlinePage.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/javaeditor/JavaOutlinePage.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ protected class ChildrenProvider implements ITreeContentProvider {
 				private ElementChangedListener fListener;
 
 				protected boolean matches(IJavaElement element) {
-					if (element.getElementType() == IJavaElement.METHOD) {
+					if (element != null && element.getElementType() == IJavaElement.METHOD) {
 						String name= element.getElementName();
 						return (name != null && name.indexOf('<') >= 0);
 					}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ protected class ChildrenProvider implements ITreeContentProvider {`
`262`	`262`	`private ElementChangedListener fListener;`
`263`	`263`
`264`	`264`	`protected boolean matches(IJavaElement element) {`
`265`		`- if (element.getElementType() == IJavaElement.METHOD) {`
	`265`	`+ if (element != null && element.getElementType() == IJavaElement.METHOD) {`
`266`	`266`	`String name= element.getElementName();`
`267`	`267`	`return (name != null && name.indexOf('<') >= 0);`
`268`	`268`	`}`