From 2adef1fc6380e02a153d373fed9e1e06089d83db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:25:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] null pointer exception blocked redraw of annotation added to
 alignment via applet's annotations parameter

---
 src/jalview/appletgui/AnnotationPanel.java |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/appletgui/AnnotationPanel.java b/src/jalview/appletgui/AnnotationPanel.java
index afaf10f..41665b5 100755
--- a/src/jalview/appletgui/AnnotationPanel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/appletgui/AnnotationPanel.java
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ public class AnnotationPanel
 
 
         if (av.validCharWidth && validRes &&
-            (row.annotations[column].displayCharacter.length() > 0))
+            (row.annotations[column].displayCharacter!=null && row.annotations[column].displayCharacter.length() > 0))
         {
           int charOffset = (av.charWidth -
                             fm.charWidth(row.annotations[column].
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1.7.10.2