fix for NPE in pr132160

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/core/builder/AsmElementFormatter.java b/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/core/builder/AsmElementFormatter.java
index b061596b0..a1da0cffd 100644
--- a/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/core/builder/AsmElementFormatter.java
+++ b/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/core/builder/AsmElementFormatter.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public class AsmElementFormatter {
 
                 //TODO AV - could speed up if we could dig only for @Aspect declaring types (or aspect if mixed style allowed)
                 //??? how to : node.getParent().getKind().equals(IProgramElement.Kind.ASPECT)) {
-                if (true && methodDeclaration!=null && methodDeclaration.annotations != null) {
+                if (true && methodDeclaration!=null && methodDeclaration.annotations != null && methodDeclaration.scope!=null) {
                     for (int i = 0; i < methodDeclaration.annotations.length; i++) {
                         //Note: AV: implicit single advice type support here (should be enforced somewhere as well (APT etc))
                         Annotation annotation = methodDeclaration.annotations[i];