java.lang.NullPointerException thrown on SymbolTest on solaris/x86 against b69

A message: java.lang.NullPointer Exception... appeared on SymbolTest on IA8 and IA9 in de locale against jdk1.4 beta2 b69. Test itself passed in de locale. The message should disappear. It appeared on solairs 8 32bit in C locale but didn't on windows 2000 in en locale.



The message is as below:
 i18n-gw800-4:/home/keikon/j2sdk1.4.0/demo/applets/SymbolTest 8 % /home/keikon/j2sdk1.4.0/bin/appletviewer example1.html
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at SymbolTest.itemStateChanged(SymbolTest.java:78)
        at java.awt.Choice.processItemEvent(Choice.java:620)
        at java.awt.Choice.processEvent(Choice.java:588)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3492)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3353)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:439)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEvent(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:136)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:131)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:99)

Steps to reproduce:
invoke SymbolTest on IA9 in de locale with jdk1.4 beta2 b69


keiko.nakayama@Eng 2001-06-24