(0) Obligation:

JBC Problem based on JBC Program:
Manifest-Version: 1.0 Created-By: 1.6.0_16 (Sun Microsystems Inc.) Main-Class: TestJulia1
/**
* Method main() diverges.
*/

public class TestJulia1 {

private TestJulia1 tail;

public static void main(String[] args) {
TestJulia1 tj = new TestJulia1(), old;

do {
old = tj;

try {
tj = tj.tail;
tj.test();
}
catch (NullPointerException ee) {
tj = old;
}
}
while (tj != null);
}

private void test() {}
}


(1) JBCNonTerm (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Reached a loop using the following run:
0:
<TestJulia1.main||0: New TestJulia1|| - || ->
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
1:
<TestJulia1.main||3: DUP|| - ||o50>
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
	o50!: TestJulia1(tail=#)
2:
<TestJulia1.main||4: TestJulia1.<init>()V|| - ||o50, o50>
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
	o50!: TestJulia1(tail=#)
3:
<TestJulia1.<init>||0: load ADDR #0||#0: o50|| ->
<TestJulia1.main||4: TestJulia1.<init>|| - ||o50, o50>
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
	o50!: TestJulia1(tail=#)
4:
<TestJulia1.<init>||1: java.lang.Object.<init>()V|| - ||o50>
<TestJulia1.main||4: TestJulia1.<init>|| - ||o50, o50>
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
	o50!: TestJulia1(tail=#)
5:
<TestJulia1.<init>||4: return|| - || ->
<TestJulia1.main||4: TestJulia1.<init>|| - ||o50, o50>
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
	o50!: TestJulia1(tail=#)
6:
<TestJulia1.main||7: store ADDR to #1|| - ||o50>
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
	o50!: TestJulia1(tail=#)
7:
<TestJulia1.main||8: load ADDR #1||#1: o50|| ->
	String.serialVersionUID: -6849794470754667710L
	String.serialPersistentFields: a4
	String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER: o1
	String$CaseInsensitiveComparator.serialVersionUID: 8575799808933029326L
	RuntimeException.serialVersionUID: -7034897190745766939L
	Exception.serialVersionUID: -3387516993124229948L
	Throwable.serialVersionUID: -3042686055658047285L
	a2([java.lang.String...]): length 0
	a4([java.io.ObjectStreamField|]): length 0
	o1!: String$CaseInsensitiveComparator()
	o50!: TestJulia1(tail=#)
In the loop head node, references [] were interesting.
By SMT, we could prove
(0 <= initial_i1 and (((path1_i1 = res_i1 and path1_i1 = initial_i1) and T) and (T and F)))
to be UNSAT. Consequently, the loop will not terminate.

(2) NO