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@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
public class SeleniumOperations {
 		String webScaffoldMetadataIdentifier = WebScaffoldMetadata.createIdentifier(controller, Path.SRC_MAIN_JAVA);
 		
 		WebScaffoldMetadata webScaffoldMetadata = (WebScaffoldMetadata) metadataService.get(webScaffoldMetadataIdentifier);
+		Assert.notNull(webScaffoldMetadata, "Web controller '" + controller.getFullyQualifiedTypeName()  + "' does not appear to be an automatic, scaffolded controller");
 		this.beanInfoMetadata = (BeanInfoMetadata) metadataService.get(webScaffoldMetadata.getIdentifierForBeanInfoMetadata());
 		
 		String relativeTestFilePath = "selenium/test-" + beanInfoMetadata.getJavaBean().getSimpleTypeName().toLowerCase() + ".xhtml";
