Re: [PATCH] ServerSocket.bind

[Michael Koch]

On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 04:40:34PM +0100, Guilhem Lavaux wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems that nobody checks for null internet address in ServerSocket.bind.
> Here is a quick fix which should prevent calling a native method with a 
> null address argument.
> 
> Regards,
> Guilhem.
> 
> ChangeLog:
> 
> 2003-12-24  Guilhem Lavaux <address@hidden>
> 
>    * java/net/ServerSocket.java (bind): Check whether the address is null.
> 
> P.S.: I hope it can be applied to gcj (I've checked that the same code 
> is present there), the patch has been built upon kaffe's CVS.

Two things: the patch is missing and the code uses a "instanceof"
operator which implicitly checks for "null".


Michael