Name: sdR10048 Date: 10/23/2003


Filed By : SPB JCK team (###@###.###)
JDK : java full version "1.5.0-beta-b24"


Specification excerpt:
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--------- J2SE API spec v.1.5 ---------
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public InvalidPreferencesFormatException(String message,
                                         Throwable cause)
Constructs an InvalidPreferencesFormatException with the specified detail
message and cause.

Parameters:
message - the detail message. The detail message is saved for later
retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method.
cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
Throwable.getCause() method).
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Problem description
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Javadoc for these constructors:

public InvalidPreferencesFormatException(Throwable cause)
public InvalidPreferencesFormatException(String message)
public InvalidPreferencesFormatException(String message, Throwable cause)
public BackingStoreException(String s)
public BackingStoreException(Throwable cause)

does not specify the expected behaviour in case input param is null.

Please refer to
http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingapispecs/index.html#method
for more information.


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