FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_04-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_04-ea-b225)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.0-b09, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Darwin macbookairmax.home 10.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun  7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386 i386


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
after installing jdk7 b225 on OSX (over jdk7 b223), i couldn't connect anymore using SSL to a Mysql server. I use JDBC driver for MySQL version 5.1.18 (latest).

I haven't run extensive tests, nor do I know the exact connection the driver use so these are only speculations.


REGRESSION.  Last worked in version 7

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
ask for a SSL connection to a remote MySQL database using JDBC driver for MySQL version 5.1.18

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
connection.
ACTUAL -
exception.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
an SQLException caused by:

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.util.Collections.addAll(Collections.java:3836)
	at sun.security.ssl.AbstractTrustManagerWrapper.<init>(SSLContextImpl.java:778)
	at sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl.chooseTrustManager(SSLContextImpl.java:133)
	at sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl.engineInit(SSLContextImpl.java:89)
	at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.init(SSLContext.java:283)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ExportControlled.getSSLSocketFactoryDefaultOrConfigured(ExportControlled.java:238)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
don't use SSL to connect to MySQL