diff -r fd16c54261b3 -r 90ce3da70b43 jdk/test/java/io/SequenceInputStream/ConstructorNull.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4016189
+ * @summary Test operation of nextStream method of SIS
+ *
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+/**
+ * This class tests to see if java.io.SequenceInputStream
+ * nextStream() method operates properly when some of the
+ * streams it is given on input are null
+ */
+
+public class ConstructorNull {
+
+   public static void main( String[] argv ) throws Exception {
+       byte[] data = {10,20};
+       int b1,b2;
+       ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
+
+       try {
+           SequenceInputStream sis = new SequenceInputStream(null,is);
+           int b = sis.read();
+           throw new RuntimeException("No exception with null stream");
+       } catch(NullPointerException e) {
+           System.err.println("Test passed: NullPointerException thrown");
+       }
+
+   }
+}