[ONOS-3194] Prevent NullPointerException

Some kind of List (e.g. ArrayList) allow the existence of null element
Add protection here in case someone call sw.sendMsg(List<OFMessage>) and pass a list with null element

Change-Id: Ida2ffbb196d2fdcb23b911365fa3c1231eab92ed

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.oneone.OneToOneEncoder;
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.oneone.OneToOneEncoder;
 import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFMessage;
 import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFMessage;
 
 
-
 /**
 /**
  * Encode an openflow message for output into a ChannelBuffer, for use in a
  * Encode an openflow message for output into a ChannelBuffer, for use in a
  * netty pipeline.
  * netty pipeline.
@@ -50,8 +49,10 @@ public class OFMessageEncoder extends OneToOneEncoder {
         ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
         ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
 
 
         for (OFMessage ofm : msglist) {
         for (OFMessage ofm : msglist) {
+            if (ofm != null) {
                 ofm.writeTo(buf);
                 ofm.writeTo(buf);
             }
             }
+        }
         return buf;
         return buf;
     }
     }