Name: sdR10048 Date: 06/27/2002


JDK1.4.0rc-b92 doc for
java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.getListeners(EventListener l,
Class listenerType) says nothing about situation when listenerType == null:

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public static EventListener[] getListeners(EventListener l,
                                           Class listenerType)

Returns an array of all the objects chained as FooListeners
by the specified java.util.EventListener.
FooListeners are chained by the AWTEventMulticaster using
the addFooListener method. If a null listener is specified,
this method returns an empty array. If the specified listener
is not an instance of AWTEventMulticaster, this method returns
an array which contains only the specified listener.
If no such listeners are chanined, this method returns
an empty array.

Parameters:

l - the specified java.util.EventListener
listenerType - the type of listeners requested;
    this parameter should specify an interface that descends
    from java.util.EventListener

Returns:

    an array of all objects chained as FooListeners by the
    specified multicast listener, or an empty array if no such
    listeners have been chained by the specified multicast listener

Throws:

ClassCastException - if listenerType doesn't specify a class or
    interface that implements java.util.EventListener
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This reaction should be specified as required in
"Requirements for Writing Java API Specifications"
http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingapispecs/index.html#method.

Currently JDK throws NullPointerException.

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