Name: saC57035 Date: 07/12/99



[ This bug is not reproducible in JDK 1.2, it has been filed for tracking
  purposes only, as the problem persists in 1.1.X. Feel free to close as
  integrated in 1.2 ]

Below is short example:

------------ Test.java
import java.security.*;

class Test {
    public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
        KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("DSA", "SUN").generateKeyPair();
    }
}
------------- Output(jdk1.1.8)
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.security.provider.DSAKeyPairGenerator.generatePandQ(DSAKeyPairGenerator.java:249)
        at sun.security.provider.DSAKeyPairGenerator.generateKeyPair(DSAKeyPairGenerator.java:204)
        at Test.main(Test.java:5)
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