X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fext%2Fjmol%2FJalviewJmolBinding.java;h=061271af8395ba3575029afa04c5ecdae5511af1;hb=f236e4e9e66583ca15dce3c3ef0cc43b02bf092e;hp=17433c51f055344043490ec255fef46954a91136;hpb=27f24d1f14b8e8704d72797286f7a6e5f60b2119;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java b/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
index 17433c5..061271a 100644
--- a/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ public abstract class JalviewJmolBinding extends AAStructureBindingModel
   @Override
   public synchronized String[] getStructureFiles()
   {
-    List<String> mset = new ArrayList<>();
     if (jmolViewer == null)
     {
       return new String[0];
@@ -198,10 +197,15 @@ public abstract class JalviewJmolBinding extends AAStructureBindingModel
     {
       int modelCount = jmolViewer.ms.mc;
       String filePath = null;
+      List<String> mset = new ArrayList<>();
       for (int i = 0; i < modelCount; ++i)
       {
+        /*
+         * defensive check for null as getModelFileName can return null
+         * even when model count ms.mc is > 0
+         */
         filePath = jmolViewer.ms.getModelFileName(i);
-        if (!mset.contains(filePath))
+        if (filePath != null && !mset.contains(filePath))
         {
           mset.add(filePath);
         }