Yes, that is a bug. It should throw IllegalArgumentException. I'll fix it.

On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Noel Grandin wrote:

> 
> Ah, I see.
> 
> I only ask because when code calls HashMap#get(T key) with a null key,
> it throws an NPE.
> 
> I'm not sure if it's a bug, but it definitely not what I expect.
> 
> -- Noel.
> 
> Todd Volkert wrote:
>> It was intentional just because of lack of use cases, though support could
>> easily be added later by masking null.  Good point that it should be noted
>> in the Javadoc :)
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Noel Grandin <noelgran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I note that apache.pivot.collections.HashMap does not support null keys.
>>> Is this intentional?
>>> 
>>> If so, it should probably be noted in the javadoc.
>>> 
>>> -- Noel.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

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