On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:21:43 GMT, Justin Lu <[email protected]> wrote:

> This PR standardizes the null related behavior for the `Locale` filtering and 
> lookup APIs.
> 
> There are two issues. First, null elements within either `Collection` which 
> are passed to these APIs may cause NPE, but this is not specified. Second, if 
> the `tags` or `locales` list is null and `priorityList` empty, NPE is not 
> thrown (even though it is specified to).
> 
> For example, this is the current null related behavior for 
> `Locale:lookup(List<LanguageRange>, Collection<Locale>)`,
> 
>> [], null -> NPE not thrown
>> [en], null
>> null, []
>> null, [en]
>> [null], [en]
>> [null], [] -> NPE not thrown
>> [], [null] -> NPE not thrown
>> [en], [null]
> 
> 
> This update fixes the empty case to correctly throw NPE. Additionally, there 
> is a specification update to make the `null` element NPE apparent (and 
> implementation dependent).
> 
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This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: a2ea276e
Author:    Justin Lu <[email protected]>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/a2ea276e83ea3c83daee354e9cb08e5001a6247c
Stats:     83 lines in 3 files changed: 44 ins; 8 del; 31 mod

8381644: Locale matching APIs should describe `null` element behavior

Reviewed-by: naoto

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30632

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