Index: src/org/jboss/tools/ws/jaxrs/ui/contentassist/PathParamAnnotationValueCompletionProposalComputer.java =================================================================== --- src/org/jboss/tools/ws/jaxrs/ui/contentassist/PathParamAnnotationValueCompletionProposalComputer.java (revision 38910) +++ src/org/jboss/tools/ws/jaxrs/ui/contentassist/PathParamAnnotationValueCompletionProposalComputer.java (working copy) @@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ } IJavaElement invocationElement = javaContext.getCompilationUnit().getElementAt( context.getInvocationOffset()); - if (invocationElement.getElementType() == IJavaElement.METHOD) { + // ICompilationUnit.getElementAt(int) method may return null + if (invocationElement != null && invocationElement.getElementType() == IJavaElement.METHOD) { IJaxrsResourceMethod resourceMethod = metamodel.getElement(invocationElement, IJaxrsResourceMethod.class); // the java method must be associated with a JAX-RS Resource Method.