Name: auR10023 Date: 08/15/2001



java.util.HashSet.contains(Object ) doesn`t work with null objects.
The javadoc for this method says nothing about the difference between
null and non-null objects.

javadoc for HashSet:

...
public boolean contains(Object o)

     Returns true if this set contains the specified element.

     Specified by:
          contains in interface Set
     Overrides:
          contains in class AbstractCollection
     Parameters:
          o - element whose presence in this set is to be tested.
     Returns:
          true if this set contains the specified element.
...

But this method returns false for null object contained in the HashSet.

Here is the example:

---------------t.java---------------
import java.util.*;

class t {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        HashSet set = new HashSet();

        set.add(null);
        set.add("dd");
        System.out.println("size of HashSet :" + set.size());
        System.out.println( set.contains(null));
    }
}


#java -version
java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta_refresh"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta_refresh-b75)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta_refresh-b75, mixed mode)

#java -cp . t
size of HashSet :2
false

#java -version
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, interpreted mode)

#java -cp .t
size of HashSet :2
true

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