Fixed NullPointerException Bug

core/src/main/java/feign/RequestTemplate.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 The Feign Authors
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 The Feign Authors
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
  * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -703,6 +703,10 @@ public Map<String, Collection<String>> queries() {
    * @see RequestTemplate#header(String, Iterable)
    */
   public RequestTemplate header(String name, String... values) {
+    if (values == null) {
+      return appendHeader(name, Collections.emptyList());
+    }
+
     return header(name, Arrays.asList(values));
   }
 

core/src/test/java/feign/RequestTemplateTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 The Feign Authors
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 The Feign Authors
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
  * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -497,4 +497,12 @@ void encodedReservedEncodeSlash() {
     template = template.resolve(Collections.singletonMap("url", "https://www.google.com"));
     assertThat(template.url()).isEqualToIgnoringCase("/get?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void nullValuesOfHeaderShouldBeHandled() {
+    RequestTemplate template = new RequestTemplate();
+    String[] values = null;
+    String name = "";
+    template.header(name, values);
+  }
 }