Apache Solr for TYPO3 CMS

code in report_indexreport.php looks like this:

        try {
            $this->solr = $this->getSelectedSolrConnection($solrConnections);
            $data = $this->solr->getLukeMetaData();

            $content = $this->renderData($data);
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            $message = t3lib_div::makeInstance(
                't3lib_FlashMessage',
                'Solr server: ' . $this->solr->getScheme() . '://' . $this->solr->getHost() . ':' . $this->solr->getPort() . $this->solr->getPath(),
                'Failed to establish Solr connection.',
                t3lib_FlashMessage::ERROR,
                TRUE
            );

If $this->solr doesn't work, it is caught by the catch but then the report crashes again at $this->solr->getScheme() because the object isn't there. It makes no sense using try/catch if the object is used anyways ;)