libgcj/7180: possible bug in javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getPlusPath()

[Tom Tromey]

The following reply was made to PR libgcj/7180; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: daveho@cs.umd.edu
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: libgcj/7180: possible bug in javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getPlusPath()
Date: 01 Jul 2002 20:54:10 -0600

 >>>>> "daveho" == daveho  <daveho@cs.umd.edu> writes:
 
 daveho> The javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getPlusPath() method will
 daveho> instantiate a StringTokenizer() on a null string if a path
 daveho> element is found in neither the passed-in environment nor the
 daveho> passed-in Context, which will then cause a
 daveho> NullPointerException.
 
 Thanks, I'm checking in your patch.
 
 daveho> Note that I'm not using gcj.
 
 I assume you are using some or all of the libgcj classes with Jikes
 RVM?  Ever thought about integrating the RVM JIT into libgcj?
 (Assuming, of course, that the licenses are compatible.)
 
 Tom