Index: java/src/org/apache/xindice/xml/dom/DocumentImpl.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/xml-xindice/java/src/org/apache/xindice/xml/dom/DocumentImpl.java,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -U2 -r1.16 DocumentImpl.java
--- java/src/org/apache/xindice/xml/dom/DocumentImpl.java	24 Feb 2004 15:32:27 -0000	1.16
+++ java/src/org/apache/xindice/xml/dom/DocumentImpl.java	9 Apr 2004 18:16:01 -0000
@@ -349,5 +349,5 @@
                 }
                 n = n.getParentNode();
-                if (n.getNodeType() == DOCUMENT_NODE || n.getNodeType() == DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
+                if (n == null || n.getNodeType() == DOCUMENT_NODE || n.getNodeType() == DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
                     n = null;
                 }