From 5fead14cc49e9e433fbd839a36f2114a45615d48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anna <Anna.Kozlova@jetbrains.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 19:56:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] NPE

---
 .../codeInspection/emptyMethod/EmptyMethodInspection.java   | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/emptyMethod/EmptyMethodInspection.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/emptyMethod/EmptyMethodInspection.java
index 9a9f1a73f749..35aeedc78c66 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/emptyMethod/EmptyMethodInspection.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/emptyMethod/EmptyMethodInspection.java
@@ -158,7 +158,11 @@ public class EmptyMethodInspection extends GlobalJavaInspectionTool {
     if (!refMethod.isBodyEmpty()) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (AnnotationUtil.isAnnotated(refMethod.getElement(), EXCLUDE_ANNOS)) {
+    final PsiModifierListOwner owner = refMethod.getElement();
+    if (owner == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (AnnotationUtil.isAnnotated(owner, EXCLUDE_ANNOS)) {
       return false;
     }
     for (final Object extension : Extensions.getExtensions(ExtensionPoints.EMPTY_METHOD_TOOL)) {