From 676a8bf4a620a86d6cb4d2221c84bfaf7034f98a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Plitzner <p.plitzner@bgbm.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 13:29:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Add null check to handler (#5283)

---
 .../descriptive/handler/MoveDescriptionElementsHandler.java     | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/view/descriptive/handler/MoveDescriptionElementsHandler.java b/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/view/descriptive/handler/MoveDescriptionElementsHandler.java
index 6ae90dc04..fb450935f 100644
--- a/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/view/descriptive/handler/MoveDescriptionElementsHandler.java
+++ b/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/view/descriptive/handler/MoveDescriptionElementsHandler.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class MoveDescriptionElementsHandler extends AbstractHandler implements I
 			}
 			DescriptionBase description = elements.get(0).getInDescription();
 			List<UUID> excludeTaxa = new ArrayList<UUID>();
-			if (description.isInstanceOf(TaxonDescription.class)){
+			if (description!=null && description.isInstanceOf(TaxonDescription.class)){
 				TaxonDescription taxonDescription = HibernateProxyHelper.deproxy(description, TaxonDescription.class);
 				actualTaxon = taxonDescription.getTaxon();
 				excludeTaxa.add(actualTaxon.getUuid());
-- 
2.34.1