From aee33cb283ce88671118367bad551b3385086a34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Burton <joshua.burton@cgi.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:36:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Adding a null check to the whole AddressDoctor response
 object. HTTP errors cause this object to not be filled, thus leading to a
 null pointer exception

---
 .../addressdoctor/service/AddressDoctorValidation.java      | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/moh/phlat/backend/addressdoctor/service/AddressDoctorValidation.java b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/moh/phlat/backend/addressdoctor/service/AddressDoctorValidation.java
index 1396b7b..60355dd 100644
--- a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/moh/phlat/backend/addressdoctor/service/AddressDoctorValidation.java
+++ b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/moh/phlat/backend/addressdoctor/service/AddressDoctorValidation.java
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ private AddressDoctorResults processAddressDoctorResults(SOAPEnvelopeOutput addr
 		
 		AddressDoctorResults addressDoctorResults = new AddressDoctorResults();
 		
+		if (addressDoctorResponse == null) {
+			addError(processData, "ValidationError", "ERROR", "Could not reach or get a response from the AddressDoctor service");
+			addressDoctorResults.setError(true);
+			return addressDoctorResults;
+		}
+		
 		SOAPBodyOutput soapBody = addressDoctorResponse.getSoapBody();
 		if (soapBody == null) {
 			logger.error("The SOAP Body message is missing due to a possible PHLAT misconfiguration or an issue with AddressDoctor");