Mikhail, I also thought about this scenario. However, if any TCK tests will fail due to this reason we cannot certify our product. Nobody will talk about the invalidity of TCK. Most likely we will update our sources.
Thanks, Vladimir. On 4/24/06, Mikhail Loenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is nothing about TCK here: if the spec requires to throw A > and we throw B that extends A then we follow the spec > > And if there is a TCK test that verifies that we throw A and only A > then the test is invalid and we will not have to pass it > > Sometimes it is an easy fix to throw A rather then B. > > But there could be two RI methods - one throwing A and another one > throwing B > such that in our implementation they both refer to some third method. > > In this case if we throw B in that 3rd method - then we conform the spec, > we won't break existing apps and it might cause design weakening > if we choose to go coping how RI works. > > So if the fix is easy then I'd agree to what folks say here, but in > general case > I'd not set the rule to follow RI this way. > > Thanks, > Mikhail > > 2006/4/24, Vladimir Gorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The answer to this question (in my opinion) depends on how TCK processes > > similar situations. > > If we want to successfully perform this suite on Harmony we should be > > compatible with RI. > > For certain there are a lot of tests into TCK will fail due to this > reason > > and we should be ready for this. > > > > Thanks, > > Vladimir. > > > > On 4/24/06, Mikhail Loenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Look at HARMONY-387. > > > > > > Example: > > > 1) java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.write(byte[] b , int off, int len): > > > Harmony throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when off<0 or/and len > > > <0, while RI throws IndexOutOfBoundsException. > > > Specification mentions neither ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException nor > > > IndexOutOfBoundsException. > > > > > > > > > Actually ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is a sub class of > > > IndexOutOfBoundsException. > > > > > > So the statement "both Harmony and RI throw IndexOutOfBoundsException" > is > > > true. > > > > > > But do we have to throw exactly those exceptions that are thrown by > RI? > > > > > > > > > Can we throw > > > o.a.h.VMRisenNPE that extends NullPointerException? > > > > > > What if they throw kind of > > > sun.internal.SunFavoriteSubClassOfNullPointerException ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mikhail > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
