In 1.4.2 it was a bug, but in 1.5.0 it's a feature. :-) What a difference a doc makes ...
Chris On Monday 03 July 2006 14:12, Anton Luht wrote: > Hello, > > There's one example that shows that not only code may contain bugs, > but documentation also: > > 1.5.0 spec [1] says about java.io.BufferedWriter.write(String, int, int) > > If the value of the len parameter is negative then no characters are > written. This is contrary to the specification of this method in the > superclass, which requires that an IndexOutOfBoundsException be > thrown. > > 1.4.2 spec [2] doesn't say this, but 1.4.2 JRE behaves as it was > written according to 1.5 doc. If it is not said, we expect that > BufferedWriter should behave like Writer in this case (throw an > exception) so this behaviour is formally a bug. In fact this is just a > gap in documentation. > > [1] > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/BufferedWriter.html#write(j >ava.lang.String,%20int,%20int) [2] > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/BufferedWriter.html#write(j >ava.lang.String,%20int,%20int) > > On 7/3/06, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mikhail Loenko wrote: > > > For the example I've started this thread with it seems that complying > > > the spec is > > > more appropriate there. But probably there are other examples that > > > caused that the doc was worded the given way > > > > > > George and Tim could you please comment? > > > > What is the concrete example? e.g. are these checked exceptions, ... ? > > or NPE vs. IAE ... > > > > Regards, > > Tim > > > > > 2006/6/30, Paulex Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Anton Avtamonov wrote: > > >> > On 6/30/06, Mikhail Loenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >> But section "Exception-throwing compatibility" says that exceptions > > >> >> are different > > >> >> and we aim "to be fully compartible with the RI" "by matching the > > >> >> exception characteristics of each method". > > >> > > > >> > I believe that it is for "However, in most cases the specification > > >> > does not describe all possible exceptions that may be thrown" case > > >> > only. > > >> > In case the spec is complete and not looks like a bug I would vote > > >> > to follow the spec. > > >> > > >> +1 from me. > > >> > > >> > Wishes, > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Paulex Yang > > >> China Software Development Lab > > >> IBM > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> 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] > > > > -- > > > > Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > IBM Java technology centre, UK. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Chris Gray /k/ Embedded Java Solutions BE0503765045 Embedded & Mobile Java, OSGi http://www.k-embedded-java.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +32 3 216 0369 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
