Name: aaC67449 Date: 10/22/99


JTextComponent.getCharacterBounds() method throws unexpected NPE.
javadoc says:"
public Rectangle getCharacterBounds(int i)

      Determines the bounding box of the character at the given index into the
      string. The bounds are returned in local coordinates. If the index is
      invalid a null rectangle is returned.
      Specified by:
            getCharacterBounds in interface AccessibleText
      Parameters:
            i - the index into the String >= 0
      Returns:
            the screen coordinates of the character's bounding box


"
This bug appears in JDK1.3.0-K. All works correctly in JDK1.3.0-J


See example.
------------- example --------------
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.accessibility.AccessibleText;
public class Test {

    public static void main(String argv[]) {
        String test = "??!+++++";
        JTextField o = new JTextField("Test");

        AccessibleText c = o.getAccessibleContext().getAccessibleText();

        c.getCharacterBounds(1);
        System.out.println("Passed");
 
   }

}
----------------JDK1.3.0-K--------------
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent$AccessibleJTextComponent.getCharacterBounds(JTextComponent.java:2044)
        at Test.main(Test.java:11)
----------------JDK1.3.0-J--------------
Passed


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