fix for failing jsf.core junit
diff --git a/jsf/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common/src/org/eclipse/jst/jsf/common/metadata/internal/ModelKeyDescriptor.java b/jsf/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common/src/org/eclipse/jst/jsf/common/metadata/internal/ModelKeyDescriptor.java
index e0c0740..380d218 100644
--- a/jsf/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common/src/org/eclipse/jst/jsf/common/metadata/internal/ModelKeyDescriptor.java
+++ b/jsf/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common/src/org/eclipse/jst/jsf/common/metadata/internal/ModelKeyDescriptor.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	
 	//this is a workaround for issue where jsp "uri" may upper or lower cased
 	private String fixJSPURIIfNecessary(final String tempuri) {
-		if (tempuri.equals("jsp11")) //$NON-NLS-1$
+		if (tempuri != null && tempuri.equals("jsp11")) //$NON-NLS-1$
 			return tempuri.toUpperCase();
 		return tempuri;
 	}