Description Dietmar Hechensteiner 2013-02-18 09:53:37 EST

// Compile this
import java.util.Date;

public class WrongRedundantNullCheck {

	private static void occasionallyThrowException() throws Exception {
		if ((System.currentTimeMillis() & 1L) != 0L)
			throw new Exception();
	}

	private static Date createDate() throws Exception {
		occasionallyThrowException();
		return new Date();
	}

	public static void main(String s[]) {
		Date d = null;
		try {
			d = createDate();
			System.out.println(d.toString());
			try {
				occasionallyThrowException();
			}
			catch (Exception exc) {
			}
		}
		catch (Exception exc) {
			if (d != null) // Wrong warning in this line
				System.out.println(d.toString());
		}
	}
}