JDK-8174216 : NullPointerException in javac
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • Submitted: 2017-02-08
  • Updated: 2017-02-27
  • Resolved: 2017-02-13
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8172291 - Polymorhic signature method check crashes javac
Relates :  
JDK-8168774 - Polymorhic signature method check crashes javac
Description
If javac encounters a native method with no arguments in either MethodHandle
or VarHandle, an NPE will occur.  The stack trace is similar to JDK-8168774.
Comments
Owen, wouldn't this be marked as a duplicate of JDK-8168774 ? JDK-8172291 is the backport-id for the 8u152 fix. JDK-8175314 is the backport-id for the 8u131 fix. It went into b08.
27-02-2017
Removing the 8BPR label from this bug as it is now added to the duplicate bug JDK-8172291
22-02-2017