[XBEAN-92] UrlSet excludePaths() method throws a nullpointer exception if the pathString argument is null

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.6
• Component/s: finder

Environment

IBM JDK 5

• Assignee: Lin Quan Jiang
• Reporter: karan singh malhi
• Created: 06/Sep/07 15:02
• Updated: 10/Sep/09 21:39
• Resolved: 10/Sep/09 21:39

Description

With IBM JDK 5, when we try to get the system property java.endorsed.dirs, it returns null. This is a critical issue as it prevents OpenEjb from starting

In UrlSet, the following method will lead to a NullPointerException:

public UrlSet excludeJavaEndorsedDirs() throws MalformedURLException

{ return excludePaths(System.getProperty("java.endorsed.dirs")); }

This is because the excludePaths() method assumes that the pathString argument is always non-null.
public UrlSet excludePaths(String pathString) throws MalformedURLException {
String[] paths = pathString.split(File.pathSeparator);
UrlSet urlSet = this;
for (String path : paths)

{ File file = new File(path); urlSet = urlSet.exclude(file); }

return urlSet;
}