Index: trunk/autoquest-plugin-jfc/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/jfc/JFCSimplifiedLogParser.java
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--- trunk/autoquest-plugin-jfc/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/jfc/JFCSimplifiedLogParser.java	(revision 1080)
+++ trunk/autoquest-plugin-jfc/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/jfc/JFCSimplifiedLogParser.java	(revision 1084)
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@
 import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.GUIElementTree;
 import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.GUIModel;
+import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.GUIModelException;
 import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.IGUIElement;
 import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.keyboardmaps.VirtualKey;
@@ -397,6 +398,12 @@
         }
         else if (qName.equals("component") && currentGUIElementHash != null) {
-            currentGUIElementTree.add(currentGUIElementHash, currentParentHash,
-                                      currentGuiElementSpec);
+            try {
+                currentGUIElementTree.add(currentGUIElementHash, currentParentHash,
+                                          currentGuiElementSpec);
+            }
+            catch (GUIModelException e) {
+                throw new SAXException("could not handle GUI element with hash " +
+                                       currentGUIElementHash + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
             List<Event> unhandledEvents = eventsWithoutTargets.get(currentGUIElementHash);
             if (unhandledEvents != null) {