Bug 221152

Summary: [quick fix] Add null check if potential null dereference
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Benno Baumgartner <benno.baumgartner>
Component: UIAssignee: JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: markus.kell.r, martinae
Version: 3.4   
Target Milestone: 3.5   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Whiteboard:

Description Benno Baumgartner CLA 2008-03-03 10:12:36 EST
Comment 1 Benno Baumgartner CLA 2008-03-03 10:19:56 EST 
Sorry, that was too quick

I20080226-1155

Given:
public class Foo {
	public void foo() {
		StringBuffer b1 = null;
		if (bar()) {
			b1= new StringBuffer();
		}
		b1.append(true);
	}

	private boolean bar() {
		return false;
	}
}

1. Quick fix at b1: Potential null pointer access: The variable b1 may be null at this location
Is:
 Add suppress warning is the only available quick fix (pretty useless)
Should:
 'Add null check' with result:

StringBuffer b1 = null;
if (b1 != null) {
   b1.append(true);
}
Comment 2 Markus Keller CLA 2008-08-07 09:54:57 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 178254 ***