@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -651,8 +652,16 @@ private void handleException(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnviro
 		 * eclipse.
 		 */
 
-		Element element = roundEnv.getElementsAnnotatedWith(annotations.iterator().next()).iterator().next();
-		messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR, errorMessage, element);
+		Iterator<? extends TypeElement> iterator = annotations.iterator();
+		if (iterator.hasNext()) {
+			Element element = roundEnv.getElementsAnnotatedWith(iterator.next()).iterator().next();
+			messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR, errorMessage, element);
+		} else {
+			// Sometime this is a total mess and javac could not even find one
+			// element on which we could print the error. So we should just
+			// throw an exception and let it go.
+			throw new RuntimeException("An error occured and couldn't be printed on an element: " + errorMessage);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override