<Swing Dev> [11][JDK-8197785]javax.accessibility.AccessibilityBundle will reload the ResourceBundle for every call to toDisplayString

[semyon.sadetsky at oracle.com]

On 3/7/18 10:12 AM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:

> On 07/03/2018 09:54, semyon.sadetsky at oracle.com wrote:
>> On 3/7/18 8:53 AM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Krishna.
>>> The .02 version of the fix have changed the behavior of 
>>> toDisplayString() method. Before the fix it throws NPE for key=null, 
>>> after the fix it returns null. 
>> That's ok.
>
> That's not ok, since we change a behavior without discussion that the 
> benefits of change outweigh the disadvantages, when we implemented 
> some unrelated fix.
That's not true. You may find the discussion in the current thread. Fill 
free to provide your arguments to it.
>
>> It is an improvement. NPE is not expected result according to the 
>> toDisplayString() method spec.
>
> It also changed result of toDisplayString(), previously it did not 
> returned null. I think .01 is better and simpler.
>
Returning null is better than throwing NPE especially in the case when 
NPE doesn't correspond to the spec. Krishna kindly agreed to fix both 
issues at once. I didn't get what is the problem?