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
private static final String ATTRIBUTE_VALUES = "values"; 
	/**
	 * Constant for any element.
	 */
	static final int ON_ANY = 0;
	/**
	 * Constant for any element in same container.
	 */
	static final int ON_ANY_IN_SAME_CONTAINER = 3;
	/**
	 * Constant for selected element and children.
	 */
	static final int ON_SELECTED_AND_CHILDREN = 2;
	/**
	 * Constant for any selected element only.
	 */
	static final int ON_SELECTED_ONLY = 1;
	/**
	 * Constant for on working set.
	 */
	static final int ON_WORKING_SET = 4;
	
	static final String TAG_ENABLED = "enabled"; 
	private static final String TAG_SCOPE = "scope"; 
	private static final String TAG_FIELD_FILTER_ENTRY = "fieldFilter"; 
	private static final String TAG_WORKING_SET = "workingSet"; 
	
	private static String USER = "USER"; 
	protected MarkerContentGenerator generator;
	private IConfigurationElement element;