### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java,v
retrieving revision 1.208
diff -u -r1.208 Scribe.java
--- formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java	6 May 2010 09:30:57 -0000	1.208
+++ formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/Scribe.java	6 May 2010 14:24:19 -0000
@@ -3173,11 +3173,13 @@
 				FormatJavadocBlock inlinedBlock = (FormatJavadocBlock)node;
 				if (isImmutableNode) {
 					text = (FormatJavadocText) inlinedBlock.getLastNode();
-		    		length += inlinedBlock.tagEnd - inlinedBlock.sourceStart + 1;  // tag length
-			    	if (nodeStart > (previousEnd+1)) {
-			    		length++; // include space between nodes
-			    	}
-					this.scanner.resetTo(text.sourceStart , node.sourceEnd);
+					if (text != null) {
+			    		length += inlinedBlock.tagEnd - inlinedBlock.sourceStart + 1;  // tag length
+				    	if (nodeStart > (previousEnd+1)) {
+				    		length++; // include space between nodes
+				    	}
+						this.scanner.resetTo(text.sourceStart , node.sourceEnd);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 	    	if (text != null) {
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model
Index: src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterCommentsBugsTest.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterCommentsBugsTest.java,v
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -r1.65 FormatterCommentsBugsTest.java
--- src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterCommentsBugsTest.java	6 May 2010 09:27:33 -0000	1.65
+++ src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterCommentsBugsTest.java	6 May 2010 14:24:21 -0000
@@ -6753,4 +6753,48 @@
 	);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @bug 311864: [formatter] NPE with empty {@code }
+ * @test Ensure that no NPE occurs while formatting an empty code inline tag.
+ * @see "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=311864"
+ */
+public void testBug0311864() throws JavaModelException {
+	this.formatterPrefs.use_tags = true;
+	String source =
+		"public class Test {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"/**\n" + 
+		"* Compares two property values. For font or color the <i>description</i> of\n" + 
+		"* the resource, {@link FontData} or {@link RGB}, is used for comparison.\n" + 
+		"*\n" + 
+		"* @param value1\n" + 
+		"* first property value\n" + 
+		"* @param value2\n" + 
+		"* second property value\n" + 
+		"* @return {@code true} if the values are equals; otherwise {@code}\n" + 
+		"*/\n" + 
+		"boolean foo(int value1, int value2) {\n" + 
+		"	return value1 > value2;\n" + 
+		"}\n" + 
+		"}\n";
+	formatSource(source,
+		"public class Test {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"	/**\n" + 
+		"	 * Compares two property values. For font or color the <i>description</i> of\n" + 
+		"	 * the resource, {@link FontData} or {@link RGB}, is used for comparison.\n" + 
+		"	 * \n" + 
+		"	 * @param value1\n" + 
+		"	 *            first property value\n" + 
+		"	 * @param value2\n" + 
+		"	 *            second property value\n" + 
+		"	 * @return {@code true} if the values are equals; otherwise {@code}\n" + 
+		"	 */\n" + 
+		"	boolean foo(int value1, int value2) {\n" + 
+		"		return value1 > value2;\n" + 
+		"	}\n" + 
+		"}\n"
+	);
+}
+
 }