On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Tim Ellison <t.p.elli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems to be caused by a change in the implementation of available() for > InputStreams on Zip entries. > > The failing code is in > org.apache.harmony.sound.utils.ProviderService#getProviders(String) when > it tries to read the whole content using available()... > > <snip> > InputStream in = urls.nextElement() > .openStream(); > bytes = new byte[in.available()]; > in.read(bytes); > in.close(); > <snip> > Aahhhh.. gotcha. > Of course, this is bad form, and when I switch to use the old favourite > getAllBytesFromStreamAndClose(InputStream) things start working again. > Sweet. > We can debate whether we should try to improve the available() impl or not. > If we want to be true to the spec<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/zip/InflaterInputStream.html#available()>, we can't change it. public int *available*() throws IOException <../../../java/io/IOException.html> Returns 0 after EOF has been reached, otherwise always return 1. Programs should not count on this method to return the actual number of bytes that could be read without blocking. *Overrides:*available <../../../java/io/FilterInputStream.html#available()> in class FilterInputStream <../../../java/io/FilterInputStream.html> *Returns:*1 before EOF and 0 after EOF.*Throws:*IOException<../../../java/io/IOException.html> - if an I/O error occurs.
