Passing in null properties, to ORB.init(args, null) call throws the NullPointerException. This happens only in the case of com.sun.PortableServer.POAORB

The failure happens in POAORB.set_parameters:line 149 (props.clone())

Excepted outcome: The ORB should handle the null property case gracefully, by internally creating a property list if the provided one is null.