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Test case 57638

Deprecated test case

This version contains mistakes, making it deprecated. Deprecated test cases should not be used for new work. However, They remain in the SARD as a reference to redo previous work.

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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: equals
GoodSink: Call equals() on string literal (that is not null)
BadSink : Call equals() on possibly null object
Flow Variant: 53 Data flow: data passed as an argument from one method to another to another in three different classes in the same package

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