[CODEC-184] NullPointerException in DoubleMetaPhone.isDoubleMetaphoneEqual when using empty strings

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.9
• Fix Version/s: 1.10

Environment

Mac OS 10.9, Java 6 or 7

• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Cyrille Artho
• Created: 10/Apr/14 06:15
• Updated: 10/Nov/14 03:11
• Resolved: 10/Apr/14 13:52

Description

isDoubleMetaphoneEqual does not work with empty strings: The following test throws a NullPointerException:

  public void test1() throws Throwable {
    org.apache.commons.codec.language.DoubleMetaphone var0 = new org.apache.commons.codec.language.DoubleMetaphone();
    boolean var3 = var0.isDoubleMetaphoneEqual("", "", false);
  }