### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java,v
retrieving revision 1.179
diff -u -r1.179 Scanner.java
--- compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java	29 Mar 2006 02:47:34 -0000	1.179
+++ compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java	2 Jul 2008 12:56:05 -0000
@@ -425,12 +425,16 @@
 			this.withoutUnicodePtr); 
 	else {
 		int length;
-		System.arraycopy(
-			this.source, 
-			this.startPosition, 
-			result = new char[length = this.currentPosition - this.startPosition], 
-			0, 
-			length); 
+		if(this.source.length >= this.currentPosition){
+			System.arraycopy(
+					this.source, 
+					this.startPosition, 
+					result = new char[length = this.currentPosition - this.startPosition], 
+					0, 
+					length); 			
+		}else {
+			return new char[0];
+		}
 	}
 	return result;
 }