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authorBryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz>1999-07-01 19:58:04 +0000
committerBryce McKinlay <bryce@gcc.gnu.org>1999-07-01 20:58:04 +0100
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String.java (toString): Check for this == null and throw NullPointerException.
1999-07-01 Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> * java/lang/String.java (toString): Check for this == null and throw NullPointerException. From-SVN: r27895
-rw-r--r--libjava/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/lang/String.java3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 247da09..892665f 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-07-01 Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
+
+ * java/lang/String.java (toString): Check for this == null and throw
+ NullPointerException.
+
1999-07-01 Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com>
* gnu/gcj/convert/BytesToUnicode.java (read): Changed outlength
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/String.java b/libjava/java/lang/String.java
index 55cc9cd..c1c7c18 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/String.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/String.java
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ public final class String
public String toString ()
{
+ // because String is final, we actually get this far on a null reference
+ if (this == null)
+ throw new NullPointerException();
return this;
}