--- a/src/share/classes/java/security/AccessControlContext.java	Fri Mar 21 14:45:20 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/security/AccessControlContext.java	Mon Apr 14 10:25:05 2008 -0400
@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create an AccessControlContext with the given set of ProtectionDomains.
+     * Create an AccessControlContext with the given array of ProtectionDomains.
      * Context must not be null. Duplicate domains will be removed from the
      * context.
      *
      * @param context the ProtectionDomains associated with this context.
      * The non-duplicate domains are copied from the array. Subsequent
      * changes to the array will not affect this AccessControlContext.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>context</code> is <code>null</code>
      */
     public AccessControlContext(ProtectionDomain context[])
     {
@@ -125,8 +126,10 @@
                 if ((context[i] != null) &&  (!v.contains(context[i])))
                     v.add(context[i]);
             }
-            this.context = new ProtectionDomain[v.size()];
-            this.context = v.toArray(this.context);
+            if (!v.isEmpty()) {
+                this.context = new ProtectionDomain[v.size()];
+                this.context = v.toArray(this.context);
+            }
         }
     }
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/security/AccessControlContext/CheckCtor.java	Mon Apr 14 10:25:05 2008 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6631361
+ * @summary Test constructor when PD array is null or contains all null contexts
+ */
+
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
+import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
+
+public class CheckCtor {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+        // check that null PD array throws NPE
+        try {
+            new AccessControlContext(null);
+            throw new Exception("Expected NullPointerException not thrown");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            if (!(e instanceof NullPointerException)) {
+                throw new Exception("Expected NullPointerException not thrown");
+            }
+        }
+
+        // check that empty PD array equals PD array of one or more nulls
+        ProtectionDomain zero[] = {};
+        ProtectionDomain null1[] = {null};
+        ProtectionDomain null2[] = {null, null};
+
+        AccessControlContext accZero = new AccessControlContext(zero);
+        AccessControlContext accNull1 = new AccessControlContext(null1);
+        AccessControlContext accNull2 = new AccessControlContext(null2);
+
+        testEquals(accZero, accNull1);
+        testEquals(accZero, accNull2);
+        testEquals(accNull1, accNull2);
+        testEquals(accNull1, accZero);
+        testEquals(accNull2, accZero);
+        testEquals(accNull2, accNull1);
+    }
+
+    private static void testEquals(AccessControlContext acc1,
+        AccessControlContext acc2) throws Exception {
+        if (!acc1.equals(acc2)) {
+            throw new Exception("AccessControlContexts should be equal");
+        }
+    }
+}