[Junit-trackers] [ junit-Bugs-1684562 ] assertEquals throws NPE while comparing null elements

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Bugs item #1684562, was opened at 2007-03-20 13:26
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Status: Open
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>Priority: 9
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Submitted By: Santiago L. Valdarrama (svpino)
>Assigned to: David Saff (dsaff)
Summary: assertEquals throws NPE while comparing null elements

Initial Comment:
This bug is related with the 4.3 vesion of Junit.

The assertEquals method throws a NullPointerException if an object is compared with a null element.

For example:

assertEquals(new Object(), null);

or

assertEquals(null, new Object());

Both samples throws a NPE.

Attached are two patches: 
- tests.txt contains 4 new tests to exercise the wrong functionality.
- assert.txt contains the path that solve the problem.

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>Comment By: David Saff (dsaff)
Date: 2007-03-22 14:03

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Good catch!  This is bad, and will probably require a 4.3.1 release

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Comment By: Santiago L. Valdarrama (svpino)
Date: 2007-03-20 13:27

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File Added: tests.txt

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