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tuong.nguyen@eng 2000-10-25

- Problem description:

  A java.lang.NullPointerException was returned when compiled with Merlin
  (jdk1.4) "rmic -idl ..." but not with Kestrel (jdk1.3) "rmic -idl ..." . The
  output below shows that the same Test1.java was compiled with Merlin and with
  Kestrel rmic -idl commands, for Merlin, an exception was returned but for
  Kestrel the command worked and Test1.idl file was generated. Regression??


(tuongn@bonnelle) [7:03pm] class01 [360] % cat Test1.java
// OMG ptc/00-01-06 - 1.3.6 Mapping for RMI/IDL Arrays

import java.io.*;

public class Test1 implements Serializable {

    private java.awt.Frame [] f1;
}
(tuongn@bonnelle) [7:03pm] class01 [361] % /usr/local/java/jdk1.4/solsparc/bin/rmic -idl Test1
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.rmi.rmic.iiop.CompoundType.getMethods(CompoundType.java:220)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.iiop.IDLGenerator.getMethods(IDLGenerator.java:1013)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.iiop.IDLGenerator.accumulateReferences(IDLGenerator.java:339)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.iiop.IDLGenerator.getAllReferencesFor(IDLGenerator.java:289)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.iiop.IDLGenerator.getOutputTypesFor(IDLGenerator.java:242)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.iiop.Generator.generateOutputFiles(Generator.java:298)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.iiop.Generator.generate(Generator.java:279)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.Main.doCompile(Main.java:526)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.Main.compile(Main.java:133)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.Main.main(Main.java:761)
error: An exception has occurred in the compiler; please file a bug report (http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi).
1 error
(tuongn@bonnelle) [7:04pm] class01 [362] % /usr/local/java/jdk1.3/solaris/bin/rmic -idl Test1
(tuongn@bonnelle) [7:06pm] class01 [363] % cat Test1.idl
/**
 * Test1.idl
 * Generated by rmic -idl. Do not edit
 * Wednesday, October 25, 2000 7:06:35 PM PDT
 */

#include "org/omg/boxedRMI/java/awt/seq1_Frame.idl"
#include "orb.idl"

#ifndef __Test1__
#define __Test1__



    valuetype Test1 {
    
        private ::org::omg::boxedRMI::java::awt::seq1_Frame f1;
        factory create( );
    
    };

#pragma ID Test1 "RMI:Test1:A7BCA790FC3EB961:4E9296D2D4461B95"


#endif

(tuongn@bonnelle) [7:07pm] class01 [364] %

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