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Bug 170284

Summary:	Introduce variable/field does not work correctly for null value
Product:	java	Reporter:	Jiri Prox <jiriprox>
Component:	Hints	Assignee:	Svata Dedic <sdedic>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P4
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Jiri Prox 2009-08-12 16:17:46 UTC

Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200908110201)
Java: 1.6.0_13; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 11.3-b02
System: Linux version 2.6.24-23-generic running on i386; UTF-8; en_US (nb)

Introduce variable/field does not work correctly for null value. It produces invalid code,

Steps to reproduce:
1) have a declaration
String s = null;

2) select null and invoke introduce field

-> private null newFiled; is produced

Comment 1 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 07:17:45 UTC

This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss