From 9f0a786894a83c6cc47efc1b107b7c1232b3bc36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonbrandhof <simon.brandhof@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:40:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Rule.getRulesCategory() must return a fake category instead
 of null

---
 sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/Rule.java | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/Rule.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/Rule.java
index 6a33cb6c5f6..238763e2603 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/Rule.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/Rule.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import javax.persistence.*;
 @Table(name = "rules")
 public final class Rule {
 
+  private final static RulesCategory NONE = new RulesCategory("none");
+  
   @Id
   @Column(name = "id")
   @GeneratedValue
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ public final class Rule {
    */
   @Deprecated
   public RulesCategory getRulesCategory() {
-    return null;
+    return NONE;
   }
 
   /**
-- 
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