RFR: 8299739: HashedPasswordFileTest.java and ExceptionTest.java can fail with java.lang.NullPointerException

Chris Plummer cjplummer at openjdk.org
Fri Jan 6 19:14:50 UTC 2023


On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 13:11:41 GMT, Kevin Walls <kevinw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Exceptions during setup of these tests could leave e.g. JMXConnector cs as null.
> But, we call cs.close() during a finally block and fail with an NPE, obscuring the real failure.
> We must only call close if this is not null.

I looks like ExceptionTest.java does log the exception before hitting the NPE. Were you not seeing it in the log?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11881


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