Java Bugs - URLConnection bug

This code:


URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.connect();
String contentType = conn.getContentType();

works properly for files that exist, but gives a NullPointerException on non-existent files.

Inserting this:

InputStream f = conn.getInputStream();

before the getContentType() gives the proper FileNotFoundException.

Looks like either there are some missing checks, or you need to document that getInputStream() has to be called first.

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