RFR: 8148570: TzdbZoneRulesCompiler.java throws Null Pointer Exception While Compiling and building TZDB data file

[Roger Riggs]

Hi Ramanand,

Is there a specific regression test that can be written for the case?

Otherwise, looks fine.

Roger


On 1/29/2016 12:56 PM, Ramanand Patil wrote:
> HI all,
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> Please review this trivial fix for Bug  - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8148570
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> Bug Description - While compiling and building TZDB data file(tzdata2016a) when transition rule(for Iran) doesn't have the day-of-week data a null pointer exception is thrown.
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> Webrev - http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rpatil/8148570/webrev.00/
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> Fix - While getting value from DayOfWeek, -1 is returned if the DayOfWeek is null. The reason to return "-1" being, the same value is checked later while getting day-of-week byte (dowbyte) at line no. 251, ZoneRules.java.
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> Regards,
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> Ramanand.
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