JDK-7123424 : (coll) CopyOnWriteArrayList/CopyOnWriteArraySet don't throw NPE for removeAll(null)/retainAll(null)
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util.concurrent
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: linux
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2011-12-21
  • Updated: 2013-08-02
  • Resolved: 2013-05-03
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JDK 8
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Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-4802647 - (coll) NullPointerException not thrown by AbstractCollection.retainAll/removeAll
Relates :  
JDK-8021591 - Additional NPE checks
Description
CopyOnWriteArrayList/CopyOnWriteArraySet should throw NPE for removeAll(null)/retainAll(null) as noted in the specification in all cases.  A NPE is not thrown in the case where the CopyOnWriteArrayList/CopyOnWriteArraySet collection has no elements and then removeAll(null)/retainAll(null) is called.
Comments
Fixed in JDK-8001575
03-05-2013
EVALUATION Need to do a null check for removeAll(null)/retainAll(null) and throw NPE if needed. The change to CopyOnWriteArrayList doesn't use Objects.requireNonNull because this code has to sync up with Doug Lea's jsr166 repository which runs on multiple version of the platform (some without requireNonNull). Also CopyOnWriteArraySet is fixed implicitly by the fix to CopyOnWriteArrayList.
03-01-2012