Name: jk109818 Date: 01/24/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
this involves documentation

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
javadocs clearly states that compareTo method in
 java.lang.String throws a nullPointerException should the
 argument be null.

Unfortunately this is not documented in the java.util.Date
 class javadocs. At the very least the documentations
 between the two classes must be consistent.

It also helps developers by clearly reminding them that
 they should not pass in a null and saves them debugging
  time later.


This bug can be reproduced always.
(Review ID: 138695)
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