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Abstract: In this experience paper, we share our experience on enhancing automatic unit test generation to more effectively find Java null pointer exceptions (NPEs). NPEs are among the most common and ...

Abstract: Pointer operations are common in programs written in modern programming languages such as C/C++ and Java. While widely used, pointer operations often suffer from bugs like null pointer ...

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The general contract of toString is that it returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The idea is to provide a concise but informative representation that will be useful to a person ...

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: context shouldn't be null at com.ryanheise.audioservice.AudioServicePlugin$2 ...

Null pointer exceptions are no fun. You can avoid them and keep your code clean and maintainable by using these techniques to elegantly handle null values in C#. When working on applications in any ...

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to destroy activity {com.xxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.ProductActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke ...

While Java is one of the most in-demand and widely used programming languages in the world, it is not without its detractors. Java is not a particularly beginner-friendly language and it is rife with ...

The perpetual debate on exception handling in Java can at best be described as a religious war: On one side, you have the proponents of checked exceptions arguing ...