Merge branch 'develop' into improvement/JAL-4124_dont_duplacate_PAE_data_acrossviews

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / Alignment.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
index cfd6aee..375e6b4 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
@@ -2069,6 +2069,10 @@ public class Alignment implements AlignmentI, AutoCloseable
   @Override
   public ContactListI getContactListFor(AlignmentAnnotation _aa, int column)
   {
+    if (_aa.annotations==null || column>=_aa.annotations.length || column<0)
+    {
+      return null;
+    }
     ContactListI cl = cmholder.getContactListFor(_aa, column);
     if (cl == null && _aa.groupRef != null)
     {