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| Summary: | Invalid editor hint: deferencing possible null pointer. | ||
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| Product: | java | Reporter: | oluwasayo |
| Component: | Hints | Assignee: | Svata Dedic <sdedic> |
| Status: | NEW --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | P3 | ||
| Version: | 8.1 | ||
| Hardware: | Macintosh | ||
| OS: | Mac OS X | ||
| Issue Type: | DEFECT | Exception Reporter: | |
Correct; no sane Exception can be thrown in case input == null (Errors can be thrown, but not Exceptions). Requires quite precise control flow analysis |
Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.1 (Build 201510222201) Operating System = Mac OS X version 10.11.3 running on x86_64 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_45 Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.45-b02 Reproducibility: Happens every time STEPS: * Create a method as follows: public String marshal(Date input) { try { return input == null ? null : new SimpleDateFormat(format).format(input); } catch (Exception ex) { return input.toString(); } } ACTUAL: IDE complains about the return statement in the catch block. EXPECTED: Try block already ensures input can never be null beyond there so IDE should not complain