From 7d6af70ae1ddef3df6b494fa7d09bb058abfe453 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Holoway <adelphes@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 15:12:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow null to be cast to any non-primitve

---
 langserver/java/body-parser3.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/langserver/java/body-parser3.js b/langserver/java/body-parser3.js
index b9b6f06..ce3e782 100644
--- a/langserver/java/body-parser3.js
+++ b/langserver/java/body-parser3.js
@@ -1072,6 +1072,10 @@ function isTypeCastable(source_type, cast_type) {
         // everything is castable to Object
         return true;
     }
+    if (source_type instanceof NullType) {
+        // null is castable to any non-primitive
+        return !(cast_type instanceof PrimitiveType);
+    }
     if (source_type instanceof CEIType && cast_type instanceof CEIType) {
         if (source_type.typeKind === 'interface') {
             // interfaces are castable to any non-final class type (derived types might implement the interface)