Program: 17908
Project: 17908
Buggy source:
/** 
 * @param reader
 * @param eia
 * @param readProperties
 * @throws EntityProviderException
 * @throws XMLStreamException
 * @throws EdmException
 */
private void readLink(final XMLStreamReader reader,final EntityInfoAggregator eia,final EntityProviderReadProperties readProperties) throws EntityProviderException, XMLStreamException, EdmException {
  reader.require(XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT,Edm.NAMESPACE_ATOM_2005,FormatXml.ATOM_LINK);
  final String rel=reader.getAttributeValue(null,FormatXml.ATOM_REL);
  final String uri=reader.getAttributeValue(null,FormatXml.ATOM_HREF);
  final String type=reader.getAttributeValue(null,FormatXml.ATOM_TYPE);
  final String etag=reader.getAttributeValue(Edm.NAMESPACE_M_2007_08,FormatXml.M_ETAG);
  reader.next();
  if (reader.isEndElement()) {
    reader.require(XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT,Edm.NAMESPACE_ATOM_2005,FormatXml.ATOM_LINK);
    if (rel == null || uri == null) {
      throw new EntityProviderException(EntityProviderException.MISSING_ATTRIBUTE.addContent(FormatXml.ATOM_HREF + "String_Node_Str" + FormatXml.ATOM_REL).addContent(FormatXml.ATOM_LINK));
    }
 else     if (rel.startsWith(Edm.NAMESPACE_REL_2007_08)) {
      final String navigationPropertyName=rel.substring(Edm.NAMESPACE_REL_2007_08.length());
      entryMetadata.putAssociationUri(navigationPropertyName,uri);
    }
 else     if (rel.equals(Edm.LINK_REL_EDIT_MEDIA)) {
      mediaMetadata.setEditLink(uri);
      mediaMetadata.setEtag(etag);
    }
  }
 else {
    if (rel != null && rel.startsWith(Edm.NAMESPACE_REL_2007_08)) {
      readInlineContent(reader,eia,readProperties,type,rel);
    }
  }
}

Fixed version (ground truth):
/** 
 * @param reader
 * @param eia
 * @param readProperties
 * @throws EntityProviderException
 * @throws XMLStreamException
 * @throws EdmException
 */
private void readLink(final XMLStreamReader reader,final EntityInfoAggregator eia,final EntityProviderReadProperties readProperties) throws EntityProviderException, XMLStreamException, EdmException {
  reader.require(XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT,Edm.NAMESPACE_ATOM_2005,FormatXml.ATOM_LINK);
  final String rel=reader.getAttributeValue(null,FormatXml.ATOM_REL);
  final String uri=reader.getAttributeValue(null,FormatXml.ATOM_HREF);
  final String type=reader.getAttributeValue(null,FormatXml.ATOM_TYPE);
  final String etag=reader.getAttributeValue(Edm.NAMESPACE_M_2007_08,FormatXml.M_ETAG);
  reader.nextTag();
  if (reader.isEndElement()) {
    reader.require(XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT,Edm.NAMESPACE_ATOM_2005,FormatXml.ATOM_LINK);
    if (rel == null || uri == null) {
      throw new EntityProviderException(EntityProviderException.MISSING_ATTRIBUTE.addContent(FormatXml.ATOM_HREF + "String_Node_Str" + FormatXml.ATOM_REL).addContent(FormatXml.ATOM_LINK));
    }
 else     if (rel.startsWith(Edm.NAMESPACE_REL_2007_08)) {
      final String navigationPropertyName=rel.substring(Edm.NAMESPACE_REL_2007_08.length());
      entryMetadata.putAssociationUri(navigationPropertyName,uri);
    }
 else     if (rel.equals(Edm.LINK_REL_EDIT_MEDIA)) {
      mediaMetadata.setEditLink(uri);
      mediaMetadata.setEtag(etag);
    }
  }
 else {
    if (rel != null && rel.startsWith(Edm.NAMESPACE_REL_2007_08)) {
      readInlineContent(reader,eia,readProperties,type,rel);
    }
  }
}