Bug 394735: NPE when parallelizationNumber is missing, modified patch from Mohamed Hussein <mohamed_hussein@mentor.com> Change-Id: I4cb60f33f6fc405ab9110668d30e18bd708532d7 Reviewed-on: https://git.eclipse.org/r/9887 Reviewed-by: Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@qnx.com> IP-Clean: Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@qnx.com> Tested-by: Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@qnx.com>

diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/core/Builder.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/core/Builder.java
index 009f729..d695a83 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/core/Builder.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/core/Builder.java

@@ -632,26 +632,27 @@
 
 	private int decodeParallelizationNumber(String value) {
 		int parallelNumber = -1;
-		if (VALUE_OPTIMAL.equals(value)) {
+		if (value == null || VALUE_OPTIMAL.equals(value)) {
 			parallelNumber = -getOptimalParallelJobNum();
 		} else if (VALUE_UNLIMITED.equals(value)) {
 			parallelNumber = UNLIMITED_JOBS;
 		} else {
 			try {
 				parallelNumber = Integer.decode(value);
+				if (parallelNumber <= 0) {
+					// compatibility with legacy representation - it was that inconsistent
+					if (isInternalBuilder()) {
+						// "optimal" for Internal Builder
+						parallelNumber = -getOptimalParallelJobNum();
+					} else {
+						// unlimited for External Builder
+						parallelNumber = UNLIMITED_JOBS;
+					}
+				}
 			} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
 				ManagedBuilderCorePlugin.log(e);
-				parallelNumber = getOptimalParallelJobNum();
-			}
-			if (parallelNumber <= 0) {
-				// compatibility with legacy representation - it was that inconsistent
-				if (isInternalBuilder()) {
-					// "optimal" for Internal Builder
-					parallelNumber = -getOptimalParallelJobNum();
-				} else {
-					// unlimited for External Builder
-					parallelNumber = UNLIMITED_JOBS;
-				}
+				// default to "optimal" if not recognized
+				parallelNumber = -getOptimalParallelJobNum();
 			}
 		}
 		return parallelNumber;