Activate PMD rule PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons: Position literals first in String comparisons - that way if the String is null you won't get a NullPointerException, it'll just return false. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-3359 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-3359 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Sub-task Affects Versions: 3.0.0.cr1 Reporter: Denis Golovin Assignee: Denis Golovin Fix For: 3.1.0 simple search for equals\("\w"\) shows 600 matches in workspace -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira