From cd45dadaf209f155989f59ff484df83c58fb4dc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: unknown <stuartsharpless@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:13:27 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] fix for issue 354

---
 .../reflectable_builder/lib/src/builder_implementation.dart     | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/reflectable_builder/lib/src/builder_implementation.dart b/packages/reflectable_builder/lib/src/builder_implementation.dart
index 7180dfe3..cf20dfca 100644
--- a/packages/reflectable_builder/lib/src/builder_implementation.dart
+++ b/packages/reflectable_builder/lib/src/builder_implementation.dart
@@ -5593,7 +5593,7 @@ CompilationUnit? _definingCompilationUnit(
 
 // Helper for _extractMetadataCode.
 NodeList<Annotation>? _getLibraryMetadata(CompilationUnit? unit) {
-  if (unit != null) {
+  if (unit != null && unit.directives.isNotEmpty) {
     Directive directive = unit.directives[0];
     if (directive is LibraryDirective) {
       return directive.metadata;