Name: dsR10051 Date: 06/28/2000


The behavior of the method
java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection.getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor)
has been changed for null parameter.
In this case it throws UnsupportedFlavorException in merlin and
throws NullPointerException in kestrel.
It is the JCK regression, test case
api/java_awt/datatransfer/StringSelection/index.html#other
(JCK kestrel-fcs), should be fixed as bug or documented as
new feature.

Here is a minimized test:
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;

public class StringSelectionTest {

    public static void main (String[] args) {
        StringSelection selection = new StringSelection("TEST");
        try {
            selection.getTransferData((DataFlavor) null);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
--- Output ---
%/set/java/jdk1.3/solaris/bin/java StringSelectionTest
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection.getTransferData(StringSelection.java:97)
        at StringSelectionTest.main(StringSelectionTest.java:8)
%/set/java/jdk1.4/solaris/bin/java StringSelectionTest
java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException
        at java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection.getTransferData(StringSelection.java:106)
        at StringSelectionTest.main(StringSelectionTest.java:8)

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