Name: erR10175 Date: 10/24/2003



  The method javax.xml.datatype.Duration.equals(Object rhs) does not throw
NullPointerException if the rhs parameter is null.

The documentation of the method reads:
"A NullPointerException is thrown if the rhs parameter is null."

This bug affects new test in JCK 1.5 (not yet integrated)
   api/javax_xml/datatype/Duration/index.html#DurationTests[Equals002]

To reproduce the bug compile and run the following code as shown
in the log below:
------------------------------ test.java
import javax.xml.datatype.Duration;

public class test {
    public static void main(String [] args) {
        Duration d = new Duration("P1Y");
        System.out.println("d.equals(null) returns " + d.equals(null)
                         + " instead of throwing NullPointerException");
    }
}
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------------------------------------------------ log
$javac test.java
$java -cp . -showversion test
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b25)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b25, mixed mode)

d.equals(null) returns false instead of throwing NullPointerException
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