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Test case 142570

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CWE: 690 Unchecked return value is null, leading to a null pointer dereference.
BadSource: Properties_getProperty Set data to return of Properties.getProperty
GoodSource: Set data to fixed, non-null String
Sinks: trim
GoodSink: Check data for null before calling trim()
BadSink : Call trim() on possibly null object
Flow Variant: 75 Data flow: data passed in a serialized object from one method to another in different source files in the same package

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