From 3efaaef240e6bc2405973c1b871554d91a985814 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bauke Scholtz <balusc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 18:54:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix regression of
 https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/mojarra/issues/5491 it caused
 `java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke
 "jakarta.faces.event.PhaseEvent.getPhaseId()" because "event" is null` when
 an empty project is deployed which has no phase listeners

---
 impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/lifecycle/Phase.java | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/lifecycle/Phase.java b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/lifecycle/Phase.java
index 7f273f9552..38a322831b 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/lifecycle/Phase.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/lifecycle/Phase.java
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ public abstract class Phase {
     public void doPhase(FacesContext context, Lifecycle lifecycle, ListIterator<PhaseListener> listeners) {
 
         context.setCurrentPhaseId(getId());
-        PhaseEvent event = null;
-        if (listeners.hasNext()) {
-            event = new PhaseEvent(context, getId(), lifecycle);
-        }
+        PhaseEvent event = new PhaseEvent(context, getId(), lifecycle);
 
         // start timing - include before and after phase processing
         Timer timer = Timer.getInstance();