NullPointerException and IndexOutOfBoundsException declared in methods

 public void shape(char[] text, int start, int count)
 public void shape(char[] text, int start, int count, int context)

are not thrown if value of 'count' is 0.

Here is an example:
------- Test.java ----------------------------------
import java.awt.font.NumericShaper;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        final NumericShaper shaper = NumericShaper.getShaper(NumericShaper.EUROPEAN);

        // NullPointerException is not thrown
        shaper.shape(null, 123, 0);
        shaper.shape(null, 123, 0, NumericShaper.EUROPEAN);

        // IndexOutOfBoundsException is not thrown
        shaper.shape("123".toCharArray(), 500, 0);
        shaper.shape("123".toCharArray(), 500, 0, NumericShaper.EUROPEAN);
    }
}

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