Index: trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml
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--- trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml	(revision 12876)
+++ trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml	(revision 12877)
@@ -76,4 +76,5 @@
   	<exclude name="ExceptionAsFlowControl"/>
   	<exclude name="AvoidCatchingGenericException"/>
+  	<exclude name="AvoidCatchingNPE"/>
   	<exclude name="AvoidRethrowingException"/>
   </rule>