From 0dccd146bad89577c353fbad71080bfd75c27f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:18:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Hashtable.java (contains): Remove NullPointer check.

        * java/util/Hashtable.java (contains): Remove NullPointer check.
        (containsValue): Add NullPointer check.
        (remove): Always throw NullPointerException when key is null.

From-SVN: r51994
---
 libjava/ChangeLog                |  9 ++++++++-
 libjava/java/util/Hashtable.java | 22 ++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index f4636bfba00..a06b98ac5d7 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-04-07  Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
+
+	* java/util/Hashtable.java (contains): Remove NullPointer check.
+	(containsValue): Add NullPointer check.
+	(remove): Always throw NullPointerException when key
+	is null.
+
 2002-04-07  Adam King <aking@dreammechanics.com>
 
 	* java/lang/natSystem.cc (init_properties): Call new function
@@ -25,7 +32,7 @@
 
 2002-04-05  Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
 
-	* java/util/ArrayList.jva (removeRange): If toIndex == fromIndex do
+	* java/util/ArrayList.java (removeRange): If toIndex == fromIndex do
 	nothing, if toIndex < fromIndex throw IndexOutIfBoundsException.
 
 2002-04-05  Adam Megacz <adam@xwt.org>
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/Hashtable.java b/libjava/java/util/Hashtable.java
index 65759e7f112..71ec4b809c7 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/Hashtable.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/Hashtable.java
@@ -322,10 +322,6 @@ public class Hashtable extends Dictionary
    * <code>containsValue()</code>, and is O(n).
    * <p>
    *
-   * Note: this is one of the <i>old</i> Hashtable methods which does
-   * not like null values; it throws NullPointerException if the
-   * supplied parameter is null.
-   *
    * @param value the value to search for in this Hashtable
    * @return true if at least one key maps to the value
    * @throws NullPointerException if <code>value</code> is null
@@ -334,19 +330,17 @@ public class Hashtable extends Dictionary
    */
   public synchronized boolean contains(Object value)
   {
-    // Check if value is null.
-    if (value == null)
-      throw new NullPointerException();
     return containsValue(value);
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns true if this Hashtable contains a value <code>o</code>, such that
    * <code>o.equals(value)</code>. This is the new API for the old
-   * <code>contains()</code>, except that it is forgiving of null.
+   * <code>contains()</code>.
    *
    * @param value the value to search for in this Hashtable
    * @return true if at least one key maps to the value
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>value</code> is null
    * @see #contains(Object)
    * @see #containsKey(Object)
    * @since 1.2
@@ -358,11 +352,16 @@ public class Hashtable extends Dictionary
         HashEntry e = buckets[i];
         while (e != null)
           {
-            if (AbstractCollection.equals(value, e.value))
+            if (value.equals(e.value))
               return true;
             e = e.next;
           }
       }
+
+    // Must throw on null argument even if the table is empty
+    if (value == null)
+      throw new NullPointerException();
+
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -468,17 +467,12 @@ public class Hashtable extends Dictionary
    * Removes from the table and returns the value which is mapped by the
    * supplied key. If the key maps to nothing, then the table remains
    * unchanged, and <code>null</code> is returned.
-   * <b>NOTE:</b>Map.remove and Dictionary.remove disagree whether null
-   * is a valid parameter; at the moment, this implementation obeys Map.remove,
-   * and silently ignores null.
    *
    * @param key the key used to locate the value to remove
    * @return whatever the key mapped to, if present
    */
   public synchronized Object remove(Object key)
   {
-    if (key == null)
-      return null;
     int idx = hash(key);
     HashEntry e = buckets[idx];
     HashEntry last = null;
-- 
2.30.2