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Default Package Is No Longer null

In Java 8 asking a class in the default package for its package returns null:

System.out.printf("Class        : '%s'%n", ClassInDefaultPackageTest.class);
System.out.printf("Package      : '%s'%n", ClassInDefaultPackageTest.class.getPackage());
System.out.printf("Package name : '%s'%n", packageName());

Output on Java 8:

Class        : 'class ClassInDefaultPackageTest'
Package      : 'null'
Package name : '<NullPointerException>'

In Java 9, this is no longer the case, instead an instance of Package is returned:

Class        : 'class ClassInDefaultPackageTest'
Package      : 'package '
Package name : ''

(Last checked: 8u152 and 9.0.1; contributed by Christian Stein)