FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
"1.5.0" build 1.5.0-b64

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
WindowsXP sp2

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Auto-boxing in ternary operator compiles fine but has an execution failure of NullPointerException when it should execute properly.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Run the code supplied.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
No exception
ACTUAL -
An exception

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Java bug!

        String a = null;

        Integer j = 8;
        Integer k = null;

        Integer i = (a != null)
                    ? 5 // okay with j, non-null, but fails on k below when this has Auto-boxing
                    : k;
    }
}

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