From: jprocter <jprocter@compbio.dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:44:03 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: occasional null pointer exception
X-Git-Tag: Release_0.2~161
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c98288bf03cc32d5f37e7a72fbfbc4c60b65c5b;p=vamsas.git

occasional null pointer exception


git-svn-id: https://svn.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/svn/repository/trunk@359 be28352e-c001-0410-b1a7-c7978e42abec
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diff --git a/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/FileLock.java b/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/FileLock.java
index c069d95..3db6774 100644
--- a/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/FileLock.java
+++ b/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/FileLock.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class FileLock extends Lock {
         throw new Error("Failed to create advisory lock file "+_lock);
       }
     }
-    return advisory.isLocked();
+    return (advisory!=null) && advisory.isLocked();
   }
   /**
    * call to clear up a filelock file after its been made