Sebb created CODEC-229:
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Summary: StringUtils.newStringxxx(null) should return null, not NPE
Key: CODEC-229
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-229
Project: Commons Codec
Issue Type: Bug
Reporter: Sebb
Method calls such as StringUtils.newStringIso8859_1(null) should return null,
not NPE.
It looks like this capability was lost with the fix for CODEC-136, i.e.
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1306366&view=rev
Several methods were changed from
{code}
return StringUtils.newString(bytes, CharEncoding.xxx);
to
return new String(bytes, Charsets.xxx);
{code}
The new code should have been:
{code}
return newString(bytes, Charsets.xxx);
{code}
The newString method handles null input.
There were no tests for null input so the change in behaviour was missed.
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