typetools / typetools/checker-framework
false negative when calling two polymorphic functions with omitted type arguments
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Since Oct 24, 2025.
False Negative (missing warning or unsoundness)
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Description
Command
javac -J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.model=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.processing=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED \
-J--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp=ALL-UNNAMED \
-processor org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.NullnessChecker \
-cp checker-framework/checker/dist/checker.jar Test.java
File
import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.*;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.*;
class A {
public <T> @Nullable T m(T x) {
return null;
}
}
public class Test {
public static <T> void invokeAny(Collection<Supplier<T>> p) {
p.toString();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
A x = new A();
invokeAny(x.m(new LinkedList<Supplier<String>>()));
}
}
Actual behavior
The code passes the checks, but there's NPE at runtime
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.util.Collection.toString()" because "<parameter1>" is null
at Test.invokeAny(Test.java:15)
at Test.main(Test.java:21)
Expected behavior
The code should have been rejected.
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