form:options -> exception when 'items' attribute is null [SPR-3046]

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Marcos V. B. Souza opened SPR-3046 and commented

The 'IllegalArgumentException' occcurs when the items attribute of the form:option tag is null.
I think that instead of throw the exception, could be render a empty select, without options.

Exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 'items' cannot be null.
org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:113)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.OptionsTag.setItems(OptionsTag.java:67)

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Affects: 2.0 final

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Thanks for the suggestion! I agree; we can simply treat this like an empty Collection.

Juergen