RFR: 8366517: DateFormatSymbols(Locale) throws NPE if Locale argument is null

[Justin Lu]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 19:29:37 GMT, Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Adding a `@throws` clause for NPE in `java.text.DateFormatSymbols(Locale)` constructor. The bug suggests it should  throw a `MissingResourceException`, but I don't think we can change this long standing behavior. Instead, explicitly specify the NPE in the javadoc.

Looks good to me and the static factory methods already specify the NPE. fyi: PR title is missing the ` around code portions.

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Marked as reviewed by jlu (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27060#pullrequestreview-3178410659