### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: model/org/eclipse/jdt/core/JavaCore.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/model/org/eclipse/jdt/core/JavaCore.java,v
retrieving revision 1.598
diff -u -r1.598 JavaCore.java
--- model/org/eclipse/jdt/core/JavaCore.java	24 Jan 2008 09:54:33 -0000	1.598
+++ model/org/eclipse/jdt/core/JavaCore.java	28 Jan 2008 20:44:17 -0000
@@ -2955,7 +2955,14 @@
 		catch (CoreException ce) {
 			// fails silently and return plugin global encoding if core exception occurs
 		}
-		return ResourcesPlugin.getEncoding();
+		
+		try {
+		  return ResourcesPlugin.getEncoding();
+		}
+		catch (NullPointerException npe) {
+		  // fails silently and returns the system's file encoding
+		  return System.getProperty("file.encoding"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**