[security-dev 00804]: what does a null OID mean here?

[Weijun Wang]

In src/share/classes/sun/security/x509/GeneralSubtrees.java

243     private GeneralSubtree createWidestSubtree(
                GeneralNameInterface name) {
244         try {
245             GeneralName newName;
246             switch (name.getType()) {
....
274             case GeneralNameInterface.NAME_OID:
275                 newName = new GeneralName
276                     (new OIDName(new ObjectIdentifier(
                            (int[])null)));
277                 break;

Here, "new ObjectIdentifier((int[])null)" will throw an NPE with my new
OID implementation.

I'd like to update line 276 to a simple 'new OIDName(null)', this means
the oid field in OIDName can be null, so a series of code updates in
OIDName should be made to allow it. Especially, I need to update the
equals(*) method there.

Is this enough? I think OIDName are already compared with exact equality
and no wildcard is allowed there.

Or, is it more clear to create a public final static field OIDName.ANY?

Thanks
Max