From 4a49b98727feef001f169a56f4aca8e80a735abb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tran Ngoc Nhan <ngocnhan.tran1996@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 02:30:17 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent NPE

Signed-off-by: Tran Ngoc Nhan <ngocnhan.tran1996@gmail.com>
---
 .../org/springframework/gradle/docs/SpringJavadocApiPlugin.java  | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/docs/SpringJavadocApiPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/docs/SpringJavadocApiPlugin.java
index dac79b1d9..b393ca457 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/docs/SpringJavadocApiPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/docs/SpringJavadocApiPlugin.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public void execute(Task task) {
 	public void setExcludes(String... excludes) {
 		if (excludes == null) {
 			this.excludes = Collections.emptySet();
+			return;
 		}
 		this.excludes = new HashSet<>(excludes.length);
 		for (String exclude : excludes) {