[jira] [Created] (HTTPCLIENT-1746) URLEncoderUtils.parse(String, CharSet) in 4.4 causes an NPE on null input and is not backward compatible

["Steve Briskin (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Steve Briskin created HTTPCLIENT-1746:
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             Summary: URLEncoderUtils.parse(String, CharSet) in 4.4 causes an NPE on null input and is not backward compatible
                 Key: HTTPCLIENT-1746
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1746
             Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Steve Briskin


In 4.2 and 4.3, {{URLEncoderUtils.parse(String, CharSet)}} returns an empty List for a null String input.  

In 4.4, {{URLEncoderUtils.parse(null, Charset.forName("UTF-8"))}} throws an NullPointerException.

For the sake of API backward compatibility, parse(String, CharSet) should return an empty list.

Note that parse(String, CharSet, char...) does the null check and returns an empty list.  I think parse(String, CharSet) should have the same behavior.



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