Name: viR10068 Date: 01/14/2004


The API spec for java.util.Arrays.deepToString(Object[] a):
'This method returns "null" if the specified array is null.'

But the jdk1.5.0-b33 throws the unexpected NullPointerException.

The new JCK test is failed due to this bug:
api/java_util/Arrays/index.html#deepToStringObjectArr[deepToStringOA0003]

The source:
------------------ B.java -------------------
import java.io.PrintStream;

public class B {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        System.out.println("The result is " + java.util.Arrays.deepToString(null));
    }
}
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The output:
% jdk1.5.0-b33/solaris-sparc/bin/javac -source 1.5 -target 1.5 B.java &&
jdk1.5.0-b33/solaris-sparc/bin/java -Xfuture -showversion B
java version "1.5.0-beta2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta2-b33)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta2-b33, mixed mode)

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.util.Arrays.deepToString(Arrays.java:3113)
        at B.main(B.java:5)
%

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