From 9e1c7f92fd45a32bbefb93e04cb1d1a6854e272a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alain Magloire <alain@qnx.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:50:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Check for Nullpointer.

---
 .../org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/ProblemPainter.java   | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/ProblemPainter.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/ProblemPainter.java
index 288baaa82ff..ab5e7d43e99 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/ProblemPainter.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/ProblemPainter.java
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ public class ProblemPainter implements IPainter, PaintListener, IAnnotationModel
 	}
 	
 	private boolean hasProblems() {
-		return !fProblemPositions.isEmpty();
+		if (fProblemPositions != null) {
+			return !fProblemPositions.isEmpty();
+		}
+		return false;
 	}	
 	
 	protected void enablePainting() {