From 2236981c79dcc5204115f83722de1186e8ce5147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitch Miller <mitch.miller@thinkscience.us>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:14:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] preventing an NPE when ChemicalUtils does not have a data
 file

---
 .../java/gsrs/module/substance/utils/ChemicalUtils.java     | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gsrs-module-substances-core/src/main/java/gsrs/module/substance/utils/ChemicalUtils.java b/gsrs-module-substances-core/src/main/java/gsrs/module/substance/utils/ChemicalUtils.java
index 492a010d..9952fe9f 100644
--- a/gsrs-module-substances-core/src/main/java/gsrs/module/substance/utils/ChemicalUtils.java
+++ b/gsrs-module-substances-core/src/main/java/gsrs/module/substance/utils/ChemicalUtils.java
@@ -130,7 +130,11 @@ public class ChemicalUtils {
 
     @PostConstruct
     private void setUpSalts() {
-        log.warn("in setUpSalts, structureHandlingConfiguration.getSaltFilePath(): {}", structureHandlingConfiguration.getSaltFilePath());
+        if( structureHandlingConfiguration.getSaltFilePath() == null ) {
+            log.warn("ChemicalUtils - setUpSalts not initialized");
+            return;
+        }
+        log.trace("in setUpSalts, structureHandlingConfiguration.getSaltFilePath(): {}", structureHandlingConfiguration.getSaltFilePath());
         saltData = new HashMap<>();
         try {
             File file = new File(structureHandlingConfiguration.getSaltFilePath());