From 9036abc10cbb83e41f311371b496ae316578d56c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dragonmacher <48328597+dragonmacher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 16:10:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Test fix for recent update to front end tool refactor

---
 .../src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/FrontEndTool.java   | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/FrontEndTool.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/FrontEndTool.java
index 340987cc21..e69a7696da 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/FrontEndTool.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/FrontEndTool.java
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ public class FrontEndTool extends PluginTool implements OptionsChangeListener {
 
 		Element root = getToolFileXml();
 		if (root == null) {
+			// not file from which to check the version; perform default initialization
 			installDefaultApplicationLevelPlugins();
 			return;
 		}
@@ -234,6 +235,11 @@ public class FrontEndTool extends PluginTool implements OptionsChangeListener {
 	private boolean isPreUtilityGhidraVersion() {
 
 		Element root = getToolFileXml();
+		if (root == null) {
+			// not file from which to check the version; return true to allow client to perform
+			// default initialization
+			return true;
+		}
 		String version = root.getAttributeValue(VERSION_ATTRIBUTE_NAME);
 
 		// Note: any version implies the tool is newer than the addition of the 'version'