[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Assigned: (JBSEAM-3793) Null pointer dereference of name in org.jboss.seam.security.permission.ClassIdentifierStrategy.getIdentifierName(Class)

Null pointer dereference of name in org.jboss.seam.security.permission.ClassIdentifierStrategy.getIdentifierName(Class) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-3793 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-3793 Project: Seam Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Francisco Jose Peredo Noguez Assignee: Norman Richards Fix For: 2.1.2.CR1 Attachments: patch.txt Null pointer dereference of name in org.jboss.seam.security.permission.ClassIdentifierStrategy.getIdentifierName(Class) String name = null; if (cls.isAnnotationPresent(Identifier.class)) { Identifier identifier = (Identifier) cls.getAnnotation(Identifier.class); if (identifier.name() != null && !"".equals(name.trim())) //<--- name is ALWAYS NULL here!!!! { name = identifier.name(); } } If I change it to this: if (identifier.name() != null && !"".equals(name)) { name = identifier.name(); } It is still wrong, !"".equals(null) will always be true.