From: Jim Procter <jprocter@issues.jalview.org>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 13:37:59 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-2976 patch NPE when trying to open Uniprot FTS
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_10_4~14
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3587df3dbcbd892eedd41a42d9f4e02a8b1e96ce;p=jalview.git

JAL-2976 patch NPE when trying to open Uniprot FTS
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diff --git a/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestClient.java b/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestClient.java
index 076e212..f94d455 100644
--- a/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestClient.java
+++ b/src/jalview/fts/core/FTSRestClient.java
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ public abstract class FTSRestClient implements FTSRestClientI
               public boolean equals(Object otherObject)
               {
                 FTSDataColumnI that = (FTSDataColumnI) otherObject;
-                return this.getCode().equals(that.getCode())
+                return otherObject == null ? false
+                        : this.getCode().equals(that.getCode())
                         && this.getName().equals(that.getName())
                         && this.getGroup().equals(that.getGroup());
               }