From: Charles Ofoegbu <tcnofoegbu@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 20:34:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: JAL-1644 added null check for sequence description field
X-Git-Tag: Jalview_2_9~99^2
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2a8f79f0fe736d40cf6a8aed94d200c23b6a8dde;p=jalview.git

JAL-1644 added null check for sequence description field
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diff --git a/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java b/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java
index 224c60a..c8c8555 100644
--- a/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java
+++ b/src/jalview/analysis/Finder.java
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ public class Finder
           }
         }
 
-        if (isIncludeDescription() && regex.search(seq.getDescription()))
+        if (isIncludeDescription() && seq.getDescription() != null
+                && regex.search(seq.getDescription()))
         {
           idMatch.addElement(seq);
           hasResults = true;