From e9541bc7b9c1d5b6b53691cfdc63ea33c71c2341 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Fonseca <miguel.fonseca@inventivio.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:20:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] BATIK-1370: display:none on referenced elements causes
 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

---
 .../main/java/org/apache/batik/bridge/SVGUseElementBridge.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/batik-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/bridge/SVGUseElementBridge.java b/batik-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/bridge/SVGUseElementBridge.java
index 2a6593aacb..b24d5fb76c 100644
--- a/batik-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/bridge/SVGUseElementBridge.java
+++ b/batik-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/bridge/SVGUseElementBridge.java
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ public GraphicsNode createGraphicsNode(BridgeContext ctx, Element e) {
 
         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-        gn.getChildren().add(refNode);
+        if (refNode != null)
+            gn.getChildren().add(refNode);
 
         gn.setTransform(computeTransform((SVGTransformable) e, ctx));