1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/xml/XMLStreamReader2Node.java b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/xml/XMLStreamReader2Node.java
index f8f21736ba..a7b179b93c 100644
--- a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/xml/XMLStreamReader2Node.java
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/xml/XMLStreamReader2Node.java
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public class XMLStreamReader2Node extends BaseTransformer<XMLStreamReader, Node>
 
     public Node transform(XMLStreamReader source, TransformationContext context) {
         try {
+            if (source == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
             DataPipe<ContentHandler, Node> pipe = sax2domPipe.newInstance();
             stax2sax.transform(source, pipe.getSink(), context);
             Node node = pipe.getResult();