--- a/src/java/de/intevation/mxd/reader/GdbRasterCatalogLayerReader.java	Wed Jun 15 18:37:27 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/java/de/intevation/mxd/reader/GdbRasterCatalogLayerReader.java	Thu Jun 16 12:05:34 2011 +0200
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import com.esri.arcgis.carto.GdbRasterCatalogLayer;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
+import java.io.IOException;
 import de.intevation.mxd.utils.MapToXMLUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -55,26 +55,77 @@
      *
      * @return The layer XML element.
      */
-    public Element read()
-    throws Exception {
+    public Element read() {
         logger.debug("read()");
-        Element layerElement = util.addLayer();
 
-        layerElement.setAttribute("name", layer.getName());
-        layerElement.setAttribute("min_scale",
-            String.valueOf(layer.getMinimumScale()));
-        layerElement.setAttribute("max_scale",
-            String.valueOf(layer.getMaximumScale()));
-        if(layer.isVisible()) {
+        Element layerElement;
+        try {
+            layerElement = util.addLayer();
+        }
+        catch(Exception e) {
+            logger.error(
+                "Could not create DOM element for layer." +
+                "Stopped reading layer.");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            layerElement.setAttribute("name", layer.getName());
+        }
+        catch(IOException ioe) {
+            logger.warn(
+                "Could not read layer name. " +
+                "Setting layer name to \"default\".");
+            layerElement.setAttribute("name", "default");
+        }
+
+        try {
+            layerElement.setAttribute("min_scale",
+                String.valueOf(layer.getMinimumScale()));
+        }
+        catch(IOException ioe) {
+            logger.warn(
+                "Could not read minimum layer scale." +
+                "Setting minimum layer scale to 1000");
+            layerElement.setAttribute("min_scale", "1000");
+        }
+
+        try {
+            layerElement.setAttribute("max_scale",
+                String.valueOf(layer.getMaximumScale()));
+        }
+        catch(IOException ioe) {
+            logger.warn(
+                "Could not read maximum layer scale." +
+                "Setting maximum layer scale to 1000000");
+            layerElement.setAttribute("max_scale", "1000000");
+        }
+
+        try {
+            if(layer.isVisible()) {
+                layerElement.setAttribute("status", "on");
+            }
+            else {
+                layerElement.setAttribute("status", "off");
+            }
+        }
+        catch(IOException ioe) {
+            logger.warn(
+                "Could not read layer status." +
+                " Setting layer status to \"on\"");
             layerElement.setAttribute("status", "on");
         }
-        else {
-            layerElement.setAttribute("status", "off");
+
+        try {
+            layerElement.setAttribute("definition_query",
+                layer.getDefinitionExpression());
         }
-
-        layerElement.setAttribute("definition_query",
-            layer.getDefinitionExpression());
-
+        catch(IOException ioe) {
+            logger.warn(
+                "Could not read layer definition query." +
+                "Setting empty definition query.");
+            layerElement.setAttribute("definition_query", "");
+        }
         return layerElement;
     }
 }