Name: sdC67446 Date: 06/30/99


The method
    public boolean match(DataFlavor that)
throws undocumented NullPointerException if 'this' or 'that' has been
created with constructor DataFlavor().

The doc says:
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public boolean match(DataFlavor that)

      Two DataFlavors match if their primary types, subtypes, and
      representation classes are all equal. Additionally, if the
      primary type is "text", the charset parameter is also
      considered. If either DataFlavor is is primary type "text", but
      no charset is specified, the platform default charset is assumed
      for that DataFlavor.

---------Test.java--------------------------------
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            DataFlavor df1 = new DataFlavor("application/postscript;class=java.awt.Component");
            DataFlavor df2 = new DataFlavor();
            try {
                System.out.println(df1.match(df2));
            } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                System.out.println(e);
            }
            try {
                System.out.println(df2.match(df1));
            } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                System.out.println(e);
            }
            
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
            System.out.println(e1);
        }
    }
}
---------Output-----------------------------------
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
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