Name: skT45625 Date: 08/09/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.net.URLConnection.stripOffParameters(URLConnection.java:1016)
        at java.net.URLConnection.getContentHandler(URLConnection.java:984)
        at java.net.URLConnection.getContent(URLConnection.java:559)

The code at 984 is:
String contentType = stripOffParameters(getContentType());
ContentHandler handler = null;
if (contentType == null) // <=== SIGH! Too late
throw new UnknownServiceException("no content-type");
stripOffParameters goes:
        int index = contentType.indexOf(';');
which throws the NULLPointerException
(Review ID: 108152)
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