javac bug when calling javac from the ToolProvider

[Alan Bateman]

On 24/01/2017 10:59, Remi Forax wrote:

> Hi all,
> when calling javac from the ToolProvider, i get a NPE with the jdkb152/b153.
>
> in getLocationForModule(Path), pathLocations can be null
>    Location getLocationForModule(Path dir) {
>       return pathLocations.get(dir);
>    }
>
> getLocationForModule(String) detects that pathLocations may be null and acts accordingly,
> but there is no such check in getLocationForModule(Path).
>
This looks like similar to JDK-8172785 [1] which is fixed in jdk9/dev 
for jdk-9+154.

-Alan

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172785