From f8d59005b18d81507cd5d3c5ba7e060bfaa0a601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pouryafard75 <pouryafard75@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 13:53:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ASTDiff: Add a null check for common comments

---
 .../astDiff/matchers/wrappers/CommentMatcher.java    | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/wrappers/CommentMatcher.java b/src/main/java/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/wrappers/CommentMatcher.java
index bea12cf79..b3ab85ee7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/wrappers/CommentMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/refactoringminer/astDiff/matchers/wrappers/CommentMatcher.java
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ public CommentMatcher(UMLCommentListDiff commonComment) {
 
     @Override
     public void match(Tree srcTree, Tree dstTree, ExtendedMultiMappingStore mappingStore) {
-        for (Pair<UMLComment, UMLComment> commonComment : commentListDiff.getCommonComments()) {
-            Tree srcComment = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(srcTree, commonComment.getLeft().getLocationInfo());
-            Tree dstComment = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(dstTree, commonComment.getRight().getLocationInfo());
-            if (srcComment != null && dstComment != null) {
-                mappingStore.addMapping(srcComment, dstComment);
+        if (commentListDiff.getCommonComments() != null) {
+            for (Pair<UMLComment, UMLComment> commonComment : commentListDiff.getCommonComments()) {
+                Tree srcComment = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(srcTree, commonComment.getLeft().getLocationInfo());
+                Tree dstComment = TreeUtilFunctions.findByLocationInfo(dstTree, commonComment.getRight().getLocationInfo());
+                if (srcComment != null && dstComment != null) {
+                    mappingStore.addMapping(srcComment, dstComment);
+                }
             }
         }
     }