Name: dsC58869 Date: 06/18/98



The bug has been introduced into JDK-1.2beta4-J release.

The constructor TextComponent(String text) and method
TextComponent.setText(String t) work inconsistently with null parameter.
The constructor sets text field to null, but the method to empty string.
 
==== Here is the test demonstrating the bug ====
import java.awt.*;

public class Test{
    
    public static void main(String[] args){
String text = null;
TextComponent tc = new TextArea(text);
System.out.println("Text:" + tc.getText());
tc.setText(text);
System.out.println("Text:" + tc.getText());
    }
}

==== Here is the output of the test ====
%java Test
Text:null
Text:
^C
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 Justification:
The constructor and method sould work consistently

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