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ReturnaddressType.equals() fails with NullPointerException

           Summary: ReturnaddressType.equals() fails with
                    NullPointerException
           Product: BCEL
           Version: 5.1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Other
         Component: Main
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]


When a ReturnaddressType is compared with another ReturnaddressType whose returnInstruction 
is null, a NullPointerException is encountered.

Try the following:

ReturnaddressType.NO_TARGET.equals(ReturnaddressType.NO_TARGET)

Stack Trace:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.bcel.generic.ReturnaddressType.equals(ReturnaddressType.java:93)
        ...