pointer protection added

diff --git a/HLT/BASE/AliHLTHuffman.cxx b/HLT/BASE/AliHLTHuffman.cxx
index 20b18391bf8fc20209da3ab3e39f1bce8964d2e3..cb5e3eefed8176a83efb7b1842d7e76bd9580bec 100644 (file)
--- a/HLT/BASE/AliHLTHuffman.cxx
+++ b/HLT/BASE/AliHLTHuffman.cxx
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ const std::bitset<64>& AliHLTHuffman::Encode(const AliHLTUInt64_t v, AliHLTUInt6
 Bool_t AliHLTHuffman::Decode(std::bitset<64> bits, AliHLTUInt64_t& value) const {
        // TODO: check decoding logic, righ now it is just as written
        AliHLTHuffmanNode* currNode = fHuffTopNode;
+       if (!currNode) return kFALSE;
        if (currNode->GetValue() >= 0) {
                // handle case with just one node - also quite unlikely
                value = currNode->GetValue();