Null pointer exception in Freemarker IDE when empty macro name typed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-17433 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-17433 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Bug Components: freemarker Environment: Windows x86, Eclipse Kepler (seems that issue doesn't depend on environment) Reporter: Tagir Valeev NullPointerException occurs when editing FTL file in Freemarker IDE due to problem in compareTo function in org.jboss.ide.eclipse.freemarker.model.MacroDirective. Proposed fix: {noformat} public int compareTo(Object arg0) { - if (arg0 instanceof MacroDirective) - return (getName().compareTo(((MacroDirective) arg0).getName())); + if (arg0 instanceof MacroDirective) { + String name = getName(); + String otherName = ((MacroDirective) arg0).getName(); + if(null == name) + name = ""; + if(null == otherName) + otherName = ""; + return (name.compareTo(otherName)); + } else return 0; } {noformat}