FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.8.0_45-b14

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Mac OS X 10.10
uname -a:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.4.0: Thu May 28 11:35:04 PDT 2015; root:xnu-2782.30.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Bug is being reported when Java 8 JVM is run on a Mac OS X 10.10. Don't know whether it also applies to other OSes or Java versions


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
A NULL pointer exception is thrown when the FileDialog class is invoked for selecting a folder and the Macintosh_HD item is selected:

at sun.lwawt.macosx.CFileDialog$Task.run(CFileDialog.java:83)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
FileDialog f=new FileDialog(parentFrame);
System.setProperty("apple.awt.fileDialogForDirectories", false):
 f.setVisible(true);


/* Now select Macintosh_HD as the item using the drop-down menu at the top of the FileDialog window to see the exception.
*/

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Expected result is to open the Macintosh_HD location in FileFolder.
ACTUAL -
Null pointer exception.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
at sun.lwawt.macosx.CFileDialog$Task.run(CFileDialog.java:83)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
None found.

SUPPORT :
YES