Consider a TypeElement for a record when the j.l.Record is unavailable for any reason. Calling TypeElement.getSuperclass() leads to a NPE like:
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java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.accept(com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$Visitor)" because "tree" is null
"MainThread"
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.TypeEnter$AbstractHeaderPhase$Synthesizer.visit(TypeEnter.java:595)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.TypeEnter$AbstractHeaderPhase$1.getModelType(TypeEnter.java:575)
at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol$ClassSymbol.getSuperclass(Symbol.java:1443)
at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol$ClassSymbol.getSuperclass(Symbol.java:1257)
at RecordsErrorRecovery.getSuperclass(RecordsErrorRecovery.java:73)
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