--- a/gnv/ChangeLog	Tue Jun 15 05:26:44 2010 +0000
+++ b/gnv/ChangeLog	Tue Jun 15 07:49:06 2010 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-06-15  Tim Englich  <tim.englich@intevation.de>
+
+	  ISSUE 278: Again: Because something was wrong with r1202.
+	  
+	* src/main/java/de/intevation/gnv/artifactdatabase/client/DefaultArtifactDatabaseClient.java: 
+	  Prevent NPE if the Mapviewer has delivered no Geometry.
+
 2010-06-15	Sascha L. Teichmann	<sascha.teichmann@intevation.de>
 
 	* src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/config/templates/describe-ui.xsl:

--- a/gnv/src/main/java/de/intevation/gnv/artifactdatabase/client/DefaultArtifactDatabaseClient.java	Tue Jun 15 05:26:44 2010 +0000
+++ b/gnv/src/main/java/de/intevation/gnv/artifactdatabase/client/DefaultArtifactDatabaseClient.java	Tue Jun 15 07:49:06 2010 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,36 @@
 package de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.client;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.restlet.Client;
+import org.restlet.data.ClientInfo;
+import org.restlet.data.Language;
+import org.restlet.data.Method;
+import org.restlet.data.Preference;
+import org.restlet.data.Protocol;
+import org.restlet.data.Request;
+import org.restlet.data.Response;
+import org.restlet.representation.Representation;
+import org.restlet.representation.StringRepresentation;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.client.exception.ArtifactDatabaseClientException;
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.client.exception.ArtifactDatabaseInputException;
-
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.Artifact;
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.ArtifactDescription;
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.ArtifactFactory;
@@ -19,49 +47,12 @@
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.OutputParameter;
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.ParametrizedArtifactFactory;
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.ParametrizedArtifactObject;
-
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.map.Layer;
 import de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.map.MapService;
-
 import de.intevation.gnv.propertiesreader.PropertiesReader;
 import de.intevation.gnv.propertiesreader.PropertiesReaderFactory;
-
 import de.intevation.gnv.util.XMLUtils;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
-import org.restlet.Client;
-
-import org.restlet.data.ClientInfo;
-import org.restlet.data.Language;
-import org.restlet.data.Method;
-import org.restlet.data.Preference;
-import org.restlet.data.Protocol;
-import org.restlet.data.Request;
-import org.restlet.data.Response;
-
-import org.restlet.representation.Representation;
-import org.restlet.representation.StringRepresentation;
-
-import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-import org.w3c.dom.Node;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
-
 /**
  * The default implementation of <code>ArtifactDatabaseClient</code> which
  * implements methods to communicate via HTTP protocol with the artifact server.
@@ -274,6 +265,11 @@
 
     private InputStream doPostRequest(String requestUrl, Document requestBody)
                                                                               throws IOException {
+        
+        log.debug("URL: "+ requestUrl);
+        log.debug("Body");
+        log.debug(XMLUtils.writeDocument2String(requestBody));
+        
         Client client = new Client(Protocol.HTTP);
         Request request = initialize(new Request(Method.POST, requestUrl));
         String documentBody = XMLUtils.writeDocument2String(requestBody);
@@ -1091,11 +1087,12 @@
         Node rootNode = this.createArtifactElement(document, "GetMetaData");
         document.appendChild(rootNode);
 
-        Element locationNode = this.createArtifactElement(document, "location");
-        locationNode.setAttribute("srs", srs);
-        locationNode.appendChild(document.createTextNode(geometry));
-        rootNode.appendChild(locationNode);
-
+        if (geometry != null){
+            Element locationNode = this.createArtifactElement(document, "location");
+            locationNode.setAttribute("srs", srs);
+            locationNode.appendChild(document.createTextNode(geometry));
+            rootNode.appendChild(locationNode);
+        }
         Element mapServicesNode = this.createArtifactElement(document,
                                                              "mapservices");
         Iterator<MapService> it = mapServices.iterator();