Name: sdC67446 Date: 10/07/98


There is an inconsistensy exists in class
java.beans.beancontext.BeanContextSupport.
BeanContextSupport.setLocale(Locale locale) and ctor
BeanContextSupport(BeanContext bc, Locale locale) handle 'locale' ==
null differently.
Consequent call of getLocale() after calling ctor
BeanContextSupport(bc, null) returns Locale.getDefault()
Consequent call of getLocale() after calling method setLocale(null)
returns null.

The doc says:
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public BeanContextSupport(BeanContext peer,
                          Locale lcle)

      Create an instance using the specified locale
      Parameters:
            peer - The peer BeanContext we are supplying
                   an implementation for, if null
                   the this object is its own peer
            lcle - The current Locale for this BeanContext.

public void setLocale(Locale newLocale)
               throws PropertyVetoException

      Parameters:
            newLocale - the new locale

public Locale getLocale()

      Returns:
            the current Locale of the BeanContext

The test demonstrating the bug:
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import java.beans.beancontext.*;
import java.beans.*;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Test {
  
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BeanContextSupport dummyBcs = new BeanContextSupport();
        BeanContextSupport bcs = new BeanContextSupport(dummyBcs,null);
        try {
            System.out.println(bcs.getLocale());
bcs.setLocale(null);
            System.out.println(bcs.getLocale());
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        } catch (PropertyVetoException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }
}
Test output:
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en
null
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