From 54cf10644f43ffc2c909ec06e83fc159eb0ee65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Neil A. Wilson" <neilwilson@pingidentity.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 09:35:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a searchrate NPE with no base DN or LDAP URL

Fixed an issue that prevented the searchrate tool from running if
neither a base DN pattern nor an LDAP URL pattern was provided.
---
 docs/release-notes.html                                     | 6 ++++++
 src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRate.java         | 6 +++++-
 .../com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRateTestCase.java | 1 -
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release-notes.html b/docs/release-notes.html
index 5e8fd351d..2aaa443bb 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.html
+++ b/docs/release-notes.html
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ <h3>Version 4.0.14</h3>
                   <br><br>
                 </li>
 
+                <li>
+                  Fixed an issue that prevented the searchrate tool from running if neither a base
+                  DN pattern nor an LDAP URL pattern was provided.
+                  <br><br>
+                </li>
+
                 <li>
                   Added a new <tt>FullLDAPInterface</tt> interface that extends
                   <tt>LDAPInterface</tt> and adds support for <tt>close</tt>, <tt>bind</tt>, and
diff --git a/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRate.java b/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRate.java
index 2ab788b35..ec1705481 100644
--- a/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRate.java
+++ b/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRate.java
@@ -922,10 +922,14 @@ public ResultCode doToolProcessing()
       {
         dnPattern = new ValuePattern(baseDN.getValue(), seed);
       }
-      else
+      else if (ldapURL.isPresent())
       {
         dnPattern = null;
       }
+      else
+      {
+        dnPattern = new ValuePattern("", seed);
+      }
     }
     catch (final ParseException pe)
     {
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRateTestCase.java b/tests/unit/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRateTestCase.java
index 968272252..0b229a922 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRateTestCase.java
+++ b/tests/unit/src/com/unboundid/ldap/sdk/examples/SearchRateTestCase.java
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ public void testMultipleEntriesByFilterNormalOutput()
       "-p", String.valueOf(getTestPort()),
       "-D", getTestBindDN(),
       "-w", getTestBindPassword(),
-      "-b", getTestBaseDN(),
       "-s", "sub",
       "-f", "(uid=user.[1-10])",
       "-t", "10",