Check BaseModule.name for NullPointerException

This wraps the evaluation of BaseModule.name in try/catch to look for a
NullPointerException that may result from trying to evaluate desiredName
before it's ready. This catches a test case of using a desiredName that
depends on a later defined eager subinstance.

h/t @jackkoenig

Signed-off-by: Schuyler Eldridge <schuyler.eldridge@ibm.com>
(cherry picked from commit f64388e7)