[Java] Fix collection serialization NPE when all elements are null #1086
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What do these changes do?
When all elements are null, actual collection element type will be null. If there is no collection generics, the declared collection element type will be null too, then serialization for such collection will throw NullPointerException:
Related issue number
Closes #1085
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