JCK: JCK-runtime-6 b36
J2SE: FAIL - JDK 7 b07,b08 PASS JDK 6 b104 JDK 7 b06
Platform[s]: FAIL - all
switch/Mode: FAIL - default

Test api/javax_swing/text/html/parser/Parser/index.html#handle[Parser2010] fails on jdk7 b07 with the following message:
 
java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.startTag(Parser.java:385)
at javasoft.sqe.tests.api.javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.StubParser.startTag(StubParser.java:48)
at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.parseTag(Parser.java:1926)
at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.parseContent(Parser.java:2044)
at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:2211)
at javasoft.sqe.tests.api.javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.handleTests.Parser2010(handleTests.java:77)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at javasoft.sqe.javatest.lib.MultiTest.invokeTestCase(MultiTest.java:406)
at javasoft.sqe.jck.lib.EDTest.access$001(EDTest.java:31)
at javasoft.sqe.jck.lib.EDTest$1.run(EDTest.java:45)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:199)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:595)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:168)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)
Parser2009: Passed. OKAY
Parser2010: Failed. protected void handleEmptyTag(TagElement tag) throws ChangedCharSetException Test Failed
Parser2011: Passed. OKAY
Parser2012: Passed. OKAY
Parser2013: Passed. OKAY
Parser2014: Passed. OKAY
Parser2015: Passed. OKAY
Parser2016: Passed. OKAY

steps to reproduce:
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringReader;
import javax.swing.text.html.parser.*;


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

{
        try {
            StubParser c = new StubParser(new DTD("TestName"){});
            c.parse(new StringReader("<b>"));

            if(!(c.emptyTagCount == 1))
{
              System.out.println(" protected void handleEmptyTag(TagElement tag) throws ChangedCharSetException Test Failed ");
return;
}
  }catch(Exception e){
  e.printStackTrace();
return;
}
System.out.println(" OK ");
return;

}
}

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.text.html.parser.DTD;
import javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser;
import javax.swing.text.html.parser.Element;
import javax.swing.text.html.parser.TagElement;
import javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.ChangedCharSetException;

class StubParser extends Parser {

    public String errorMsg = "";
    public String title = "";
    public String text = "";
    public String comment = "";
    public int tagCountStart = 0;
    public int tagCountEnd = 0;
    public int emptyTagCount = 0;
    public int endTagCount = 0;
    public int startTagCount = 0;
    public int eofInComment = 0;
    public boolean testDTDMarkup = false;
    public String strDTDMarkup = "";
    public int currentLine = 0;
    public int currentPos = 0;

    boolean currentLineOnComment = false;
    boolean currentPosOnText = false;

    public StubParser(DTD dtd) {
        super( dtd);
    }
    
    public DTD getDTD() {
        return super.dtd;
    }

    protected void startTag(TagElement tag) throws ChangedCharSetException {
        tagCountStart++;
super.startTag( tag);
    }

    protected void endTag(boolean omitted) {
        tagCountEnd++;
super.endTag( omitted);
    }

    protected void handleComment(char[] text) {
        if(testDTDMarkup) {
try {
strDTDMarkup = parseDTDMarkup();
} catch(IOException ioe) {
strDTDMarkup = "Exception ioe has been thrown";
}
} else {
if(currentLineOnComment) {
currentLine = getCurrentLine();
} else {
                comment = new String( text);
                super.handleComment( text);
}
}
    }

    protected void handleEmptyTag(TagElement tag) throws ChangedCharSetException {
        emptyTagCount++;
super.handleEmptyTag( tag);
    }

    protected void handleEndTag(TagElement tag) {
        endTagCount++;
super.handleEndTag( tag);
    }

    protected void handleEOFInComment() {
        eofInComment++;
super.handleEOFInComment();
    }

    protected void handleError(int ln, String msg) {
        errorMsg = msg;
super.handleError( ln, msg);
    }

    protected void handleText(char[] ctext) {
        if(currentPosOnText) {
currentPos = getCurrentPos();
}
        text = new String( ctext);
super.handleText( ctext);
    }

    protected void handleTitle(char[] text) {
        title = new String( text);
super.handleTitle( text);
    }

    protected void handleStartTag(TagElement tag) {
        startTagCount++;
super.handleStartTag( tag);
    }

    protected boolean parseMarkupDeclarations(StringBuffer strBuff) throws IOException {
        return super.parseMarkupDeclarations( strBuff);
    }

    public String parseDTDMarkup() throws IOException {
        if( testDTDMarkup ) {
            return super.parseDTDMarkup();
}
return "";
    }

    public TagElement makeTag(Element elem, boolean fictional) {
        return super.makeTag( elem, fictional);
    }

    public TagElement makeTag(Element elem) {
        return super.makeTag( elem);
    }

    public SimpleAttributeSet getAttributes() {
        return super.getAttributes();
    }

    public void flushAttributes() {
        super.flushAttributes();
    }

    public void error(String str) {
        super.error( str);
    }

    public void error(String str, String str1) {
        super.error( str, str1);
    }

    public void error(String str, String str1, String str2) {
        super.error( str, str1, str2);
    }

    public void error(String str, String str1, String str2, String str3) {
        super.error( str, str1, str2, str3);
    }

    public int getTagCount() {
        return tagCountStart + tagCountEnd;
    }

    public String getErrorMessage() {
        return errorMsg;
    }

    public void returnCurrentLineOnComment(boolean currLine) {
        this.currentLineOnComment = currLine;
    }

    public void returnCurrentPosOnText(boolean currPos) {
        this.currentPosOnText = currPos;
    }

}

on JDK 7 b07 test returns:

C:\tests\Parser>Z:\Links\stt\jdk_promotions\JDK7.0\b08\binaries\windows-i586\jdk
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.startTag(Parser.java:385)
        at StubParser.startTag(StubParser.java:39)
        at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.parseTag(Parser.java:1926)
        at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.parseContent(Parser.java:2044)
        at javax.swing.text.html.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:2211)
        at ParseTest.main(ParseTest.java:17)
protected void handleEmptyTag(TagElement tag) throws ChangedCharSetException Test Failed