Name: dfC67450 Date: 10/06/97



The java.text.DecimalFormat.equals(Object) method does not work correctly.
This method should return false if called with null argument
(see general contract for equals(): JLS 1.0 item 20.1.3, page 459).
But it throws NullPointerException.


Here is the test demonstrating the bug:

-----------------Test.java------------------------
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

public class Test {
    public static void main (String args[]){
        DecimalFormat dfs = new DecimalFormat();
        dfs.equals(null);
    }
}
---------Output from the test---------------------
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.text.NumberFormat.equals(NumberFormat.java)
        at java.text.DecimalFormat.equals(DecimalFormat.java)
        at Test.main(Test.java:6)
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