Bug 310908 [Markers] NPE thrown by markers job
I20100426-0852 I had one editor open in my window. It was maximized and opened on an external file. When I closed it, this NPE suddenly appeared. java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerFieldFilterGroup.loadSettings(MarkerFieldFilterGroup.java:448) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.loadGroupWithID(MarkerContentGenerator.java:521) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.loadFilterSettings(MarkerContentGenerator.java:449) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.loadFiltersFrom(MarkerContentGenerator.java:467) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.loadFiltersPreference(MarkerContentGenerator.java:479) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.getAllFilters(MarkerContentGenerator.java:293) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.getEnabledFilters(MarkerContentGenerator.java:307) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.getResourcesForBuild(MarkerContentGenerator.java:904) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.gatherMarkers(MarkerContentGenerator.java:1004) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerContentGenerator.generateMarkerEntries(MarkerContentGenerator.java:991) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerUpdateJob.clean(MarkerUpdateJob.java:117) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerUpdateJob.buildMarkers(MarkerUpdateJob.java:77) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerUpdateJob.run(MarkerUpdateJob.java:57) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/views/markers/MarkerFieldFilterGroup.java
* @see #ON_ANY
	 * @see #ON_ANY_IN_SAME_CONTAINER
	 * @see #ON_SELECTED_AND_CHILDREN
	 * @see #ON_SELECTED_ONLY
	 * @see #ON_WORKING_SET
	 */
	public int getScope() {
		return scope;
	}
	/**
	 * Get the values defined for the receiver.
	 * 
	 * @return Map of values to apply to a {@link MarkerFieldFilter}
	 */
	private Map getValues() {
		try {
			String className = null;
			if (element != null) {
				className = element.getAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_VALUES);
				if (className != null) {
					FiltersContributionParameters parameters = (FiltersContributionParameters) IDEWorkbenchPlugin
							.createExtension(element, ATTRIBUTE_VALUES);
					return parameters.getParameterValues();
				}
			}
		} catch (CoreException e) {
			Policy.handle(e);
			return null;
		}
		return EMPTY_MAP;