Name: clC74495 Date: 04/16/99


E:\***>\jdk1.2.2\bin\javac const.java
java.lang.ClassCastException: sun.tools.tree.ConditionalExpression
        at sun.tools.tree.SwitchStatement.code(SwitchStatement.java:185)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceMember.code(SourceMember.java:825)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceMember.code(SourceMember.java:787)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.compileClass(SourceClass.java:2110)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.compile(SourceClass.java:2039)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:567)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:733)
error: ******************** (*: localized character(Japanese))
                            (mean: Occured exception in compiler)
http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi *****************
(mean: submit bug report, please)
*********** ( mean: error 1)

E:\***>\jdk1.1.8\bin\javac const.java
const.java:9: Constant expression required.
                case null == "" ? 1 : 2:
                ^
1 error
--- const.java
// JLS vs Java2
// null is a Compile Time Constant
// added to 15.27.


class NullIsConst {
public static void main(String[] args) {
switch (args.length) {
case null == "" ? 1 : 2:
;
}
}
}
(Review ID: 57053)
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