/****************************************************************************** * Compilation: javac Bug2.java * Execution: java Bug2 * * Mistake with constructor since it has extra set of curly braces. * As a result, code below it is actually executed (using an obscure * feature of Java known as static initialization), but its effect * is to overwrite the data member s with itself, which is null. * * This is particularly hard to debug since the println statement * will get executed once for each newly created object. * * % java Bug2 * here * Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException * at Bug2.main(Bug2.java:30) * ******************************************************************************/ public class Bug2 { private String s; public Bug2(String s) { } { StdOut.println("here"); this.s = s; // line 30 } public String toString() { return s.toUpperCase(); } public static void main(String[] args) { Bug2 x = new Bug2("hello"); StdOut.println(x); } }