fixed potential nullpointer issues in DeploymentUtil.java class
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.model/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/model/util/DeploymentUtil.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.model/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/model/util/DeploymentUtil.java
index d8b74cd..3dae0f3 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.model/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/model/util/DeploymentUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.model/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/model/util/DeploymentUtil.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		EList<SchedulerAllocation> schedulerAllocs = model.getMappingModel().getSchedulerAllocation();
 		for (ISR isr : model.getSwModel().getIsrs()) {
 			for (ISRAllocation ia : isrAlloc) {
-				if (ia.getIsr().equals(isr)) {
+				if (ia.getIsr()!=null && ia.getIsr().equals(isr)) {
 					for (SchedulerAllocation coreAlloc : schedulerAllocs) {
 						if (coreAlloc.getResponsibility().contains(core) && coreAlloc.getScheduler() == ia.getController()) {
 							result.add(isr);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 	public static List<TaskAllocation> getTaskAllocations(Task task, Amalthea model) {
 		List<TaskAllocation> allocs = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (TaskAllocation ta : model.getMappingModel().getTaskAllocation()) {
-			if (ta.getTask().equals(task)) {
+			if (ta.getTask()!=null && ta.getTask().equals(task)) {
 				allocs.add(ta);
 			}
 		}
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 	private static void getAssignedCoresForISR(ISR isr, final MappingModel mappingModel, Set<ProcessingUnit> processingUnits) {
 		
 		for (ISRAllocation isrAlloc : mappingModel.getIsrAllocation()) {
-			if (isrAlloc.getIsr().equals(isr)) {
+			if (isrAlloc.getIsr()!=null && isrAlloc.getIsr().equals(isr)) {
 				for (SchedulerAllocation coreAlloc : mappingModel.getSchedulerAllocation()) {
 					if (coreAlloc.getScheduler() != null && coreAlloc.getScheduler().equals(isrAlloc.getController())) {
 						processingUnits.addAll(coreAlloc.getResponsibility());
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 		Set<TaskAllocation> taskAllocations = new HashSet<>();
 		
 		for (TaskAllocation taskAlloc : mappingModel.getTaskAllocation()) {
-			if (taskAlloc.getTask().equals(task)) {
+			if (taskAlloc.getTask()!=null && taskAlloc.getTask().equals(task)) {
 				taskAllocations.add(taskAlloc);				
 			}
 		}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 				TaskScheduler scheduler2 = taskAlloc.getScheduler();
 				
 				// check if the same scheduler manages the task and the core -- this includes hierarchical schedulers.
-				if (scheduler1.equals(scheduler2) || scheduler1.getChildSchedulers().contains(scheduler2)) {
+				if (scheduler1!=null && (scheduler1.equals(scheduler2) || scheduler1.getChildSchedulers().contains(scheduler2))) {
 					// check core affinity -- retain the core affinity with the scheduler responsibility
 					if (!taskAlloc.getAffinity().isEmpty()) {
 						for (ProcessingUnit core : taskAlloc.getAffinity()) {