https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66509
--- Comment #4 from PJ Fanning <fannin...@yahoo.com> --- I'm not sure about this change. The existing methods don't appear to have ever been expected to return null. I'd prefer if any change involved us returning an exception. Since the existing methods don't expose exceptions either, we would be stuck with using something that extends RuntimeException (to avoid API changes in a patch release). In the short term, anyone who hits this issue will need to catch NullPointerException. Until we get other people reporting similar issues, I think we can assume this is not an endemic issue. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org