7087876: java/beans/PropertyDescriptor.html#createPropertyEditor() throws RE if editor cannot be created

Reviewed-by: rupashka

jdk/src/share/classes/java/beans/PropertyDescriptor.java

@@ -454,10 +454,7 @@ public class PropertyDescriptor extends FeatureDescriptor {
                     editor = ctor.newInstance(new Object[] { bean });
                 }
             } catch (Exception ex) {
-                // A serious error has occured.
-                // Proably due to an invalid property editor.
-                throw new RuntimeException("PropertyEditor not instantiated",
-                                           ex);
+                // Fall through
             }
         }
         return (PropertyEditor)editor;

jdk/test/java/beans/PropertyEditor/Test7087876.java

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7087876
+ * @summary Tests spec of the createPropertyEditor method
+ * @author Sergey Malenkov
+ */
+
+import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+public class Test7087876 {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IntrospectionException {
+        PropertyDescriptor pd = new PropertyDescriptor("value", Bean.class);
+        pd.setPropertyEditorClass(Editor.class);
+        pd.createPropertyEditor(new Bean());
+    }
+
+    public static class Bean {
+        private String value;
+
+        public String getValue() {
+            return this.value;
+        }
+
+        public void setValue(String value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Editor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+        private Editor() {
+        }
+    }
+}