JAL-1982 defensive checks for null annotations array

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / viewmodel / AlignmentViewport.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/viewmodel/AlignmentViewport.java b/src/jalview/viewmodel/AlignmentViewport.java
index 0f6d66b..91ee3c1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/viewmodel/AlignmentViewport.java
+++ b/src/jalview/viewmodel/AlignmentViewport.java
@@ -1420,11 +1420,15 @@ public abstract class AlignmentViewport implements AlignViewportI,
   protected void setSequenceAnnotationsVisible(SequenceI sequenceI,
           boolean visible)
   {
-    for (AlignmentAnnotation ann : alignment.getAlignmentAnnotation())
+    AlignmentAnnotation[] anns = alignment.getAlignmentAnnotation();
+    if (anns != null)
     {
-      if (ann.sequenceRef == sequenceI)
+      for (AlignmentAnnotation ann : anns)
       {
-        ann.visible = visible;
+        if (ann.sequenceRef == sequenceI)
+        {
+          ann.visible = visible;
+        }
       }
     }
   }