Name: tb29552 Date: 02/11/2000


/*

java version "1.3.0rc1"

BigDecimal Constructor for String throws
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when the String has length of 0.

This is due to the fact that the constructor for the String
arguement has newly added code to check for signs; its the first
statements executed in the BigDecimal class, String Constructor,
under the comment "Deal with leading plus sign if present". This
code was added with release 1.3. Release 1.2 throws a
NumberFormatException. This may be related to bug 4259453.

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2/5/2000 eval1127@eng -- confirmed with kestrel build "U".

*/

import java.math.*;

public class BigDeal {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BigDecimal deal = new BigDecimal(""); // null String
    }
}
/*

% javac BigDeal.java
% java -showversion BigDeal
java version "1.3.0rc1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0rc1-U)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0rc1-S, interpreted mode)

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 0
        at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java:507)
        at java.math.BigDecimal.<init>(BigDecimal.java:129)
        at BigDeal.main(BigDeal.java:26)

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NOTE: with blank string (" "), get number format error

*/

(Review ID: 100836)
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