Name: sdC67446 Date: 07/20/99


The behavior of
    public BeanContextMembershipEvent(BeanContext bc, Object[] changes)
    public BeanContextMembershipEvent(BeanContext bc, Collection changes)
of class java.beans.beancontext.BeanContextMembershipEvent
in jdk1.3K has been changed.

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

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BeanContextMembershipEvent bcme = null;
        BeanContext bc = new BeanContextSupport();
        try {
            bcme = new BeanContextMembershipEvent(bc, (Object[])null);
            System.out.println("- 1 -");
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
        try {
            bcme = new BeanContextMembershipEvent(bc, (Collection)null);
            System.out.println("- 2 -");
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }
}

Output for Classic VM (build JDK-1.2-V, green threads, sunwjit)
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- 1 -
- 2 -

Output for Classic VM (build JDK-1.3-L, green threads, nojit)
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Warning: JIT compiler "sunwjit" not found. Will use interpreter.
java.lang.NullPointerException: BeanContextMembershipEvent: changes is null.
java.lang.NullPointerException: BeanContextMembershipEvent constructor: changes is null.

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The spec for these constructors doesn't fully specify expected
behavior if input parameter 'changes' == null.

The doc says:
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public BeanContextMembershipEvent(BeanContext bc,
                                  Collection changes)

     Contruct a BeanContextMembershipEvent
     Parameters:
         bc - The BeanContext source
         changes - The Children affected


public BeanContextMembershipEvent(BeanContext bc,
                                  Object[] changes)

     Contruct a BeanContextMembershipEvent
     Parameters:
         bc - The BeanContext source
         changes - The Children effected
     Throws:
         NullPointerException - if changes associated with this event
         are null.
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Thus the jck1.3 tests
api/java/beans/beancontext/BeanContextMembershipEvent/index.html#Constructor
api/java/beans/beancontext/BeanContextMembershipEvent/index.html#Other
api/java/beans/beancontext/BeanContextMembershipEvent/index.html#Fields
fail.

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