From 3e42cf426f212c3d12838259f93b9ab8fa63ea15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: geethkokila <geeth@wso2.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 17:59:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing the null pointer

---
 .../type/template/dao/DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl.java     | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/extensions/device/type/template/dao/DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/extensions/device/type/template/dao/DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl.java
index 37331ec0802..a8f91419046 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/extensions/device/type/template/dao/DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/extensions/device/type/template/dao/DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * Implements CRUD for Devices. This holds the generic implementation. An instance of this will be created for
  * each device type.
  */
-public class DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl implements PluginDAO{
+public class DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl implements PluginDAO {
 
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl.class);
     private DeviceTypeDAOHandler deviceTypeDAOHandler;
@@ -241,9 +241,11 @@ public class DeviceTypePluginDAOImpl implements PluginDAO{
     }
 
     private String getPropertString(List<Device.Property> properties, String propertyName) {
-        for (Device.Property property : properties) {
-            if (property.getName() != null && property.getName().equals(propertyName)) {
-                return property.getValue();
+        if (properties != null) {
+            for (Device.Property property : properties) {
+                if (property.getName() != null && property.getName().equals(propertyName)) {
+                    return property.getValue();
+                }
             }
         }
         return null;