RFR: 8159055: ImageIcon.setImage can't handle null parameter [v3]

[Prasanta Sadhukhan]

On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 21:50:09 GMT, ExE Boss <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Prasanta Sadhukhan has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   Update image instance before returning
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> src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/ImageIcon.java line 371:
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>> 369:      * Sets the image displayed by this icon.
>> 370:      * A null image is ignored.
>> 371:      * @param image the image
> 
> The `image` can be set to `null` to mean “no image”:
> Suggestion:
> 
>      * Sets the image displayed by this icon.
>      * @param image the image, may be null

I dont think so..Till now, it was throwing NPE so it was not expected so it cannot be "may be null", which is we are telling the application to avoid..

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25767#discussion_r2148934817