--- src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/XSLTRenderer.java.orig 2007-10-19 13:21:30.000000000 -0600 +++ src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/XSLTRenderer.java 2010-06-02 09:14:03.722935341 -0600 @@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ * @param xsltFilename */ public XSLTRenderer(String xsltFilename) { - File file = new File(xsltFilename); - if ( xsltFilename != null && file.exists() && file.canRead() ) { - this.xsltFilename = xsltFilename; + if ( xsltFilename != null ) { + File file = new File(xsltFilename); + if ( file.exists() && file.canRead() ) { + this.xsltFilename = xsltFilename; + } } }