--- a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/JEditorPane.java	Wed Jun 01 16:18:14 2016 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/JEditorPane.java	Thu Jun 09 15:08:54 2016 +0300
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@
         if (k == null) {
             // try to dynamically load the support
             String classname = getKitTypeRegistry().get(type);
-            ClassLoader loader = getKitLoaderRegistry().get(type).orElse(null);
+            ClassLoader loader = getKitLoaderRegistry().get(type);
             try {
                 Class c;
                 if (loader != null) {
@@ -1241,7 +1241,11 @@
      */
     public static void registerEditorKitForContentType(String type, String classname, ClassLoader loader) {
         getKitTypeRegistry().put(type, classname);
-        getKitLoaderRegistry().put(type, Optional.ofNullable(loader));
+        if (loader != null) {
+            getKitLoaderRegistry().put(type, loader);
+        } else {
+            getKitLoaderRegistry().remove(type);
+        }
         getKitRegisty().remove(type);
     }
 
@@ -1262,7 +1266,7 @@
         return (Hashtable)SwingUtilities.appContextGet(kitTypeRegistryKey);
     }
 
-    private static Hashtable<String, Optional<ClassLoader>> getKitLoaderRegistry() {
+    private static Hashtable<String, ClassLoader> getKitLoaderRegistry() {
         loadDefaultKitsIfNecessary();
         return (Hashtable)SwingUtilities.appContextGet(kitLoaderRegistryKey);
     }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/javax/swing/JEditorPane/8158734/bug8158734.java	Thu Jun 09 15:08:54 2016 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+   @bug 8158734
+   @summary JEditorPane.createEditorKitForContentType throws NPE after 6882559
+   @author Mikhail Cherkasov
+   @run main bug8158734
+*/
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.text.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+
+public class bug8158734 {
+
+    public static final String TYPE = "test/test";
+    public static final String TYPE_2 = "test2/test2";
+
+    static boolean myClassloaderWasUsed = false;
+
+    static class MyEditorKit extends EditorKit {
+        @Override
+        public String getContentType() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ViewFactory getViewFactory() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Action[] getActions() {
+            return new Action[0];
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Caret createCaret() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Document createDefaultDocument() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void read(InputStream in, Document doc, int pos) throws IOException, BadLocationException {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(OutputStream out, Document doc, int pos, int len) throws IOException, BadLocationException {
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void read(Reader in, Document doc, int pos) throws IOException, BadLocationException {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(Writer out, Document doc, int pos, int len) throws IOException, BadLocationException {
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class MyClassloader extends ClassLoader {
+        @Override
+        public Class<?> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+            myClassloaderWasUsed = true;
+            return super.loadClass(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InvocationTargetException, InterruptedException {
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                JEditorPane c = new JEditorPane();
+                c.setContentType(TYPE);
+
+                final MyClassloader loader = new MyClassloader();
+                JEditorPane.registerEditorKitForContentType(TYPE_2, MyEditorKit.class.getName(), loader);
+                JEditorPane.registerEditorKitForContentType(TYPE_2, MyEditorKit.class.getName(), null);
+                JEditorPane.createEditorKitForContentType(TYPE_2);
+
+                if (myClassloaderWasUsed) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Class loader has not been removed for '" + TYPE_2 + "' type");
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+    }
+}
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