From 09f2bf17edd3bca746f8af9e53d6c442d8e8d2a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Harrigan <ianharrigan@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 19:37:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] firstChild could be null

---
 haxe/ui/parsers/ui/XMLParser.hx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/haxe/ui/parsers/ui/XMLParser.hx b/haxe/ui/parsers/ui/XMLParser.hx
index efe317e4e..f45f1ae50 100644
--- a/haxe/ui/parsers/ui/XMLParser.hx
+++ b/haxe/ui/parsers/ui/XMLParser.hx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class XMLParser extends ComponentParser {
         } else if (nodeName == "data") {
             if (xml.firstElement() != null) {
                 component.parent.data = StringTools.trim(xml.toString());
-            } else if (StringTools.startsWith(StringTools.trim(xml.firstChild().nodeValue), "[")) {
+            } else if (xml.firstChild() != null && StringTools.startsWith(StringTools.trim(xml.firstChild().nodeValue), "[")) {
                 component.parent.data = StringTools.trim(xml.firstChild().nodeValue);
             }
         } else if (nodeName == "validator") {