From 2d1e383026ef31fc547da9514744c3dafbbff452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Krivosheev <vladimir.krivosheev@jetbrains.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:21:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] IDEA-137554 NPE at
 com.intellij.util.xmlb.MapBinding.deserializeKeyOrValue

---
 platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/MapBinding.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/MapBinding.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/MapBinding.java
index c9e9476c77f4..ece96e40d569 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/MapBinding.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/MapBinding.java
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ class MapBinding extends Binding implements MultiNodeBinding, MainBinding {
       }
     }
     else {
-      List<Element> children = entry.getChild(attributeName).getChildren();
+      Element entryChild = entry.getChild(attributeName);
+      List<Element> children = entryChild == null ? Collections.<Element>emptyList() : entryChild.getChildren();
       if (children.isEmpty()) {
         return null;
       }