Merge pull request #1325 from mariaRoxana94/fix-error

Fixed 8XCorrectness_Bugs + 10XBad_Practice_Bugs + 14XDodgy_Code_Bugs

DataStructures/Lists/CircleLinkedList.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class CircleLinkedList<E> {
     //For better O.O design this should be private allows for better black box design
     private int size;
     //this will point to dummy node;
-    private Node<E> head;
+    private Node<E> head =  null;
 
     //constructer for class.. here we will make a dummy node for circly linked list implementation with reduced error catching as our list will never be empty;
     public CircleLinkedList() {

DataStructures/Lists/DoublyLinkedList.java

@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ public class DoublyLinkedList {
     public Link deleteHead() {
         Link temp = head;
         head = head.next; // oldHead <--> 2ndElement(head)
-        head.previous = null; // oldHead --> 2ndElement(head) nothing pointing at old head so will be removed
-        if (head == null)
+
+        if (head == null) {
             tail = null;
+        } else {
+            head.previous = null; // oldHead --> 2ndElement(head) nothing pointing at old head so will be removed
+        }
         return temp;
     }
 
@@ -100,10 +103,13 @@ public class DoublyLinkedList {
     public Link deleteTail() {
         Link temp = tail;
         tail = tail.previous; // 2ndLast(tail) <--> oldTail --> null
-        tail.next = null; // 2ndLast(tail) --> null
+
         if (tail == null) {
             head = null;
+        } else{
+            tail.next = null; // 2ndLast(tail) --> null
         }
+
         return temp;
     }