On Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:48:35 GMT, Jeremy Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
> This resolves the NPE reported in 8395930, and it enhances the preexisting > test for JDK-8381236 to cover this case. > > The failing use case involves an Accessible object where > `axObj.getAccessibleContext() == null`. Having a `null` AccessibleContext is > an atypical case, but it is explicitly identified/allowed in the contract for > `Accessible.getAccessibleContext()`. > > Prior to [8381236 > changes](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/30578/changes), calling > CAccessible.getCAccessible(ax) would also fail with a NPE. So in this PR I'm > adding a boolean argument to control whether getCAccessible returns null or > throws a NPE. The legacy behavior will still throw a NPE, and the new > (getCAccessible) behavior returns null. > > --------- > - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the [OpenJDK > Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: c73d7d13 Author: Jeremy Wood <[email protected]> Committer: Alexander Zuev <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/c73d7d13aeea1caec275d9df6e429fc979339318 Stats: 35 lines in 2 files changed: 25 ins; 0 del; 10 mod 8395930: [macos] Accessible returning null from getAccessibleContext leads to a NullPointerException after JDK-8381236 Reviewed-by: kizune, prr ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/33657
