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java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!

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Please describe what you did before the error occurred. IMPORTANT! If the error occurs with a specific APK file please attach or provide link to apk file!

Jadx version: 1.4.3
Java version: 11.0.12
Java VM: JetBrains s.r.o OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
Platform: Windows 10 (10.0 amd64)
Max heap size: 30688 MB
Program args: -Xms128M -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70.0 -XX:+UseG1GC -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dswing.aatext=true

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
	at java.base/java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeHi(ComparableTimSort.java:870)
	at java.base/java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeAt(ComparableTimSort.java:487)
	at java.base/java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeCollapse(ComparableTimSort.java:413)
	at java.base/java.util.ComparableTimSort.sort(ComparableTimSort.java:213)
	at java.base/java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1249)
	at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2.get(Win32ShellFolderManager2.java:313)
	at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder.get(ShellFolder.java:259)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI$DirectoryComboBoxModel.addItem(MetalFileChooserUI.java:1029)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI.doDirectoryChanged(MetalFileChooserUI.java:717)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI$5.propertyChange(MetalFileChooserUI.java:806)
	at java.desktop/java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.fire(PropertyChangeSupport.java:341)
	at java.desktop/java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:333)
	at java.desktop/java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:266)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Component.java:8754)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(JFileChooser.java:608)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.<init>(JFileChooser.java:362)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.<init>(JFileChooser.java:338)
	at jadx.gui.ui.dialog.FileDialog$FileChooser.<init>(FileDialog.java:156)
	at jadx.gui.ui.dialog.FileDialog.buildFileChooser(FileDialog.java:138)
	at jadx.gui.ui.dialog.FileDialog.show(FileDialog.java:74)
	at jadx.gui.ui.MainWindow.openFileOrProject(MainWindow.java:295)
	at jadx.gui.ui.MainWindow.processCommandLineArgs(MainWindow.java:252)
	at jadx.gui.ui.MainWindow.init(MainWindow.java:247)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:313)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:776)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:727)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:746)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)

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xxr0sscommented, Aug 11, 2022

@jpstotz @skylot I’ve debugged FileDialog and it turned out to be a bug in javax.swing.JFileChooser.

Here’s the quick fix: Add -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true to JVM_OPTS

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xxr0sscommented, Aug 13, 2022

@jpstotz Oh! I just stopped getting the exception after I removed all special folders (Documents, Pictures …) from Quick Access.

And I went to C:\Users\<UserName> and added them all (Documents, Pictures…) back to Quick Access, I debugged again and the special and non-special Documents both exist and the code here was executed, however, the exception does not show up any more.

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