Name: viR10068 Date: 01/27/2004


The metadata-public-draft.html says for the methods AccessibleObject.getAnnotation()
AccessibleObject.isAnnotationPresent(), Package.getAnnotation() and
Package.isAnnotationPresent():
"Throws: NullPointerException if annotationType is null"

But jdk1.5.0-b35 does not throw the NullPointerException for null
parameter (package, method, constructor, field).

Affected tests are:
api/java_lang/reflect/AccessibleObject/index.html#getAnnotation[getAnnotation0005]
api/java_lang/reflect/AccessibleObject/index.html#getAnnotation[getAnnotation0006]
api/java_lang/reflect/AccessibleObject/index.html#getAnnotation[getAnnotation0007]
api/java_lang/reflect/AccessibleObject/index.html#isAnnotPresent[isAnnotPresent0005]
api/java_lang/reflect/AccessibleObject/index.html#isAnnotPresent[isAnnotPresent0006]
api/java_lang/reflect/AccessibleObject/index.html#isAnnotPresent[isAnnotPresent0007]

Simplified version of the test:
--------------------------- B2.java -----------------------------------
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

class annotElem0001 {
    int cnt = 123;
}

class B2 {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try {
            System.out.println("result is '" +
annotElem0001.class.getDeclaredField("cnt").isAnnotationPresent(null) + "'");
        } catch (NullPointerException ne) {
            System.out.println("OK");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Unexpected exception: " + e);
        }
    }
}
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Execution log:
% jdk1.5.0-b35/solaris-sparc/bin/javac -version -source 1.5 -target 1.5 B2.java &&
jdk1.5.0-b35/solaris-sparc/bin/java -Xfuture B2
javac 1.5.0-beta2
result is 'false'
%

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