RFR: 8371953: Document null handling in core reflection APIs [v5]
Chen Liang
liach at openjdk.org
Wed Nov 19 14:59:28 UTC 2025
> A lot of core reflection APIs are from antique times, which have their own null handling behavior. Such behaviors are often not documented in the specification; we should document rejected null arguments and accepted null arguments (including array elements) explicitly.
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> In the investigation, I found `Class.isNestmateOf` (inconsistent) and `AnnotatedType`'s implementation of `AnnotatedElement` methods (required by specification) are missing null checks. I consider these unlikely to be a user dependency and added new null checks.
Chen Liang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
Remove explict NPE clauses, use the consolidated version
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336/files/5fdce5d9..757ffefd
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28336&range=04
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28336&range=03-04
Stats: 25 lines in 1 file changed: 3 ins; 21 del; 1 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/28336/head:pull/28336
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28336
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