### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/Javadoc.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/Javadoc.java,v
retrieving revision 1.57
diff -u -r1.57 Javadoc.java
--- compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/Javadoc.java	10 Sep 2007 07:11:04 -0000	1.57
+++ compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/Javadoc.java	26 May 2008 11:11:41 -0000
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 				// If no referenced method (field initializer for example) then report a problem for each param tag
 				if (methodDeclaration == null) {
 					for (int i = 0; i < paramTypeParamLength; i++) {
-						JavadocSingleNameReference param = this.paramReferences[i];
+						JavadocSingleTypeReference param = this.paramTypeParameters[i];
 						scope.problemReporter().javadocUnexpectedTag(param.tagSourceStart, param.tagSourceEnd);
 					}
 					return;
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.compiler
Index: src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/JavadocBugsTest.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/JavadocBugsTest.java,v
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -r1.42 JavadocBugsTest.java
--- src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/JavadocBugsTest.java	7 May 2008 17:55:04 -0000	1.42
+++ src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/compiler/regression/JavadocBugsTest.java	26 May 2008 11:11:43 -0000
@@ -7247,4 +7247,41 @@
 		reportMissingJavadocDescription = CompilerOptions.ALL_STANDARD_TAGS;
 		runConformTest(units);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @bug 233887: Build of Eclipse project stop by NullPointerException and will not continue on Eclipse version later than 3.4M7
+	 * @test Ensure that no NPE is raised when a 1.5 param tag syntax is incorrectly used on a fiel with an initializer
+	 * @see "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=233887"
+	 */
+	public void testBug233887() {
+		String expectedError = this.complianceLevel <= ClassFileConstants.JDK1_4 ?
+			"----------\n" + 
+			"1. ERROR in NPETest.java (at line 5)\n" + 
+			"	* @param <name> <description>\n" + 
+			"	         ^^^^^^\n" + 
+			"Javadoc: Invalid param tag name\n" + 
+			"----------\n"
+		:
+			"----------\n" + 
+			"1. ERROR in NPETest.java (at line 5)\n" + 
+			"	* @param <name> <description>\n" + 
+			"	   ^^^^^\n" + 
+			"Javadoc: Unexpected tag\n" + 
+			"----------\n";
+		runNegativeTest(
+			new String[] {
+				"NPETest.java",
+				"public class NPETest {\n" + 
+				"	public NPETest() {\n" + 
+				"	}\n" + 
+				"	/**\n" + 
+				"	 * @param <name> <description>\n" + 
+				"	 */\n" + 
+				"	private static final int MAX = 50;\n" + 
+				"\n" + 
+				"}\n"
+			},
+			expectedError
+		);
+	}
 }
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