Description Olivier Thomann 2002-11-18 09:16:35 EST

Using M3, the following bug has been reported on EC:

Javac and eclipse compiler don't behave the same on this code:

public class NullOuvert {
    public static final boolean VIER_BUBEN = false;
    public static final String SPIEL = VIER_BUBEN ? "Grand Hand" : null;
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(SPIEL == null);
        System.out.println(SPIEL.equals(null));
        System.out.println(SPIEL);
    }
}

When running Eclipse compiler bytecodes:
false
false
null


When running javac bytecodes:
true
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at NullOuvert.main(NullOuvert.java:6)

This is a serious problem.

A workaround seems to be to cast the null literal in a String. Then they behave
the same.