### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/WildcardBinding.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/WildcardBinding.java,v
retrieving revision 1.75
diff -u -r1.75 WildcardBinding.java
--- compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/WildcardBinding.java	14 May 2009 14:50:31 -0000	1.75
+++ compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/WildcardBinding.java	24 Jun 2009 18:18:59 -0000
@@ -386,7 +386,10 @@
     	if (this.otherBounds == null) {
 	    	if (this.boundKind == Wildcard.EXTENDS)
 		        return this.bound.erasure();
-	    	return typeVariable().erasure();
+			TypeVariableBinding var = typeVariable();
+			if (var != null)
+				return var.erasure();
+		    return this.genericType; // if typeVariable() == null, then its inconsistent & return this.genericType to avoid NPE case
     	}
     	// intersection type
     	return this.bound.id == TypeIds.T_JavaLangObject