From a NetBeans user (test-case is also reproducible with JDB):

If you step through the following code, the debugger will step through both if
and else statement blocks.

If aString was defined outside of the while loop, the debugger behaves normally.

regards,

Norman.


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public class aBUG {
    
    public static void main(String a[]) {
        boolean aContinue = true;
        int aCount = 1;
        //String aString[] = {"1", "2", "3"};
        String aProcess[] = {"", "", ""};
        String aMessage[] = {"1", "A message"};
        while (aContinue) {
            System.out.println(aCount);
            try {
                if (aMessage[1].length() > 0) {
                    String aString[] = {"1", "2", "3"};
                    if (! aProcess[2].equalsIgnoreCase("123")){
                        aCount++;
                    } else {
                        aCount++;
                    }
                } else {
                    aContinue = false;
                }
            } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                aContinue = false;
            }
        }
    }