From a69fafc4ddbfa1c44e9241e0650bfdd2405796bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Luo <steven+android@steven676.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:18:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] PircBot: Gracefully handle disposing of the PircBot before
 I/O threads are started

---
 application/src/org/jibble/pircbot/PircBot.java | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/application/src/org/jibble/pircbot/PircBot.java b/application/src/org/jibble/pircbot/PircBot.java
index eb9cd97..2f355ff 100644
--- a/application/src/org/jibble/pircbot/PircBot.java
+++ b/application/src/org/jibble/pircbot/PircBot.java
@@ -2983,8 +2983,12 @@ public abstract class PircBot implements ReplyConstants {
      */
     public synchronized void dispose() {
         //System.out.println("disposing...");
-        _outputThread.interrupt();
-        _inputThread.dispose();
+        if (_outputThread != null) {
+            _outputThread.interrupt();
+        }
+        if (_inputThread != null) {
+            _inputThread.dispose();
+        }
     }