Description John Pitman 2006-06-03 13:16:19 EDT

When the Java compiler's "null reference" error is turned on in the preferences, an error is flagged in the following class when it is in an AspectJ project.  When it is in a Java project, no error is reported.  The error reported is:

"The variable date can only be null; it was either set to null or checked for null when last used"

Here is the class:

package test;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Test {

	private static final DateFormat[] FORMATS = { new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss")	};

	public Date parse(String s) throws Exception {
		if (s != null) {
			ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
			for (int i = 0; i < FORMATS.length; i++) {
				Date date = FORMATS[i].parse(s, pos);
				if (date != null) // <-- Error reported here
					return date;
			}
		}
		throw new Exception(s);
	}
}