Name: skT45625 Date: 11/09/2000


Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2-001, native threads, symcjit)

When instantiating a java.math.BigInteger object using:

BigInteger(int signum, byte[] magnitude)

or

BigInteger(String val, int radix)

constructors and supplying null as a parameter for magnitude
or val, the constructor throws a NullPointerException.
I have not tried other constructors, but I suspect the behavior
is the same.

My suggestion would be to throw a NumberFormatException, since
this is within the bounds of already defined behavior (according
to the javadoc).
(Review ID: 109239)
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