fix npe when component configuration for spout is null
diff --git a/src/jvm/backtype/storm/drpc/DRPCSpout.java b/src/jvm/backtype/storm/drpc/DRPCSpout.java
index cbbc501..d8aa512 100644
--- a/src/jvm/backtype/storm/drpc/DRPCSpout.java
+++ b/src/jvm/backtype/storm/drpc/DRPCSpout.java
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> getComponentConfiguration() {
-        return new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/jvm/backtype/storm/task/TopologyContext.java b/src/jvm/backtype/storm/task/TopologyContext.java
index 9b7b69f..667d36e 100644
--- a/src/jvm/backtype/storm/task/TopologyContext.java
+++ b/src/jvm/backtype/storm/task/TopologyContext.java
@@ -332,10 +332,13 @@
         Integer max = Utils.getInt(topologyConfig.get(Config.TOPOLOGY_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT_SECS));
         for(String spout: getRawTopology().get_spouts().keySet()) {
             ComponentCommon common = getComponentCommon(spout);
-            Map conf = (Map) JSONValue.parse(common.get_json_conf());
-            Object comp = conf.get(Config.TOPOLOGY_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT_SECS);
-            if(comp!=null) {
-                max = Math.max(Utils.getInt(comp), max);
+            String jsonConf = common.get_json_conf();
+            if(jsonConf!=null) {
+                Map conf = (Map) JSONValue.parse(jsonConf);
+                Object comp = conf.get(Config.TOPOLOGY_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT_SECS);
+                if(comp!=null) {
+                    max = Math.max(Utils.getInt(comp), max);
+                }
             }
         }
         return max;
diff --git a/src/jvm/backtype/storm/testing/TestWordSpout.java b/src/jvm/backtype/storm/testing/TestWordSpout.java
index f6cd541..68560a1 100644
--- a/src/jvm/backtype/storm/testing/TestWordSpout.java
+++ b/src/jvm/backtype/storm/testing/TestWordSpout.java
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> getComponentConfiguration() {
-        Map<String, Object> ret = new HashMap<String, Object>();
         if(!_isDistributed) {
+            Map<String, Object> ret = new HashMap<String, Object>();
             ret.put(Config.TOPOLOGY_MAX_TASK_PARALLELISM, 1);
+            return ret;
+        } else {
+            return null;
         }
-        return ret;
     }    
 }
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