From 95d3cbbd2ddffcedc5befaf3958ce882830ea702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "n.hoffmann" <n.hoffmann@localhost>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:34:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed a bug that led to NPE in names without references

---
 .../taxeditor/editor/DuplicateArbitrator.java | 20 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/taxeditor-editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/DuplicateArbitrator.java b/taxeditor-editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/DuplicateArbitrator.java
index 866f9425e..e14efe859 100644
--- a/taxeditor-editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/DuplicateArbitrator.java
+++ b/taxeditor-editor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/editor/DuplicateArbitrator.java
@@ -120,14 +120,18 @@ public class DuplicateArbitrator {
 		
 		NonViralName name = getName(taxonBase);
 		
-		ReferenceBase referenceBase = name.getNomenclaturalReference();
-		
-		// query datasource for the reference
-		List<ReferenceBase> result = CdmStore.getReferenceService().getReferencesByTitle(referenceBase.getTitleCache());
-		
-		// if query delivers results, place possible duplicate in map
-		for(ReferenceBase duplicateReference : result){
-			duplicateReferences.put(taxonBase, duplicateReference);
+		try{
+			ReferenceBase referenceBase = name.getNomenclaturalReference();
+			
+			// query datasource for the reference
+			List<ReferenceBase> result = CdmStore.getReferenceService().getReferencesByTitle(referenceBase.getTitleCache());
+			
+			// if query delivers results, place possible duplicate in map
+			for(ReferenceBase duplicateReference : result){
+				duplicateReferences.put(taxonBase, duplicateReference);
+			}
+		}catch(NullPointerException e){
+			logger.warn("Name has no nomenclatural reference");
 		}
 		
 	}
-- 
2.34.1