Name: dfC67450 Date: 01/20/98



The java.text.ChoiceFormat.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.*;
public class Test {
    public static void main (String args[]){

        double[] limits = {1, 20};
        String[] formats = {"xyz", "abc"};
        ChoiceFormat cf = new ChoiceFormat(limits, formats);
        System.out.println(cf.equals(null));
    }
}

---------Output from the test---------------------
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.text.ChoiceFormat.equals(ChoiceFormat.java)
        at Test.main(Test.java:8)
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