RFR: 8216363: NullPointerException in java.util.logging.Handler#isLoggable

[Lance Andersen]

Hi Daniel
> On Feb 14, 2019, at 2:10 PM, Daniel Fuchs <daniel.fuchs at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Please find below a doc fix for:
> 
> 8216363: NullPointerException in java.util.logging.Handler#isLoggable
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216363
> 
> webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/webrev_8216363/webrev.00/index.html
> 
> java.util.logging.Handler specifies that Handler.isLoggable(null)
> returns false. Unfortunately, the implementation throws NPE instead.
> 
> For the sake of backward compatibility - it might be more
> prudent to simply alter the API specification to document
> the behavior of the default implementation, while allowing
> subclasses to change that behavior. In fact, one already
> does: StreamHandler::isLoggable(LogRecord) already returns
> false and doesn't throw NPE.

Documenting the current behavior as it has been makes the most sense to me as well

Have you created a CSR yet? if so I will add myself as a reviewer?

> 
> 
> best regards,
> 
> -- daniel

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