Add a bit of error checking to RelabelNode to make an error a bit les…

…s inscrutable
stanfordnlp · May 18, 2024 · bb4d17f · bb4d17f
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diff --git a/src/edu/stanford/nlp/trees/tregex/tsurgeon/RelabelNode.java b/src/edu/stanford/nlp/trees/tregex/tsurgeon/RelabelNode.java
@@ -156,7 +156,11 @@ public Tree evaluate(Tree tree, TregexMatcher tregex) {
             label.append(Matcher.quoteReplacement(tregex.getVariableString(name)));
           } else if (nodePattern.matcher(chunk).matches()) {
             String name = chunk.substring(2, chunk.length() - 1);
-            label.append(Matcher.quoteReplacement(tregex.getNode(name).value()));
+            Tree node = tregex.getNode(name);
+            if (node == null) {
+              throw new NullPointerException("Node name " + name + " does not exist in the searched tree");
+            }
+            label.append(Matcher.quoteReplacement(node.value()));
           } else {
             label.append(chunk);
           }