ecki commented on code in PR #776:
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-io/pull/776#discussion_r2338658902


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src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/IOUtils.java:
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@@ -2637,57 +2645,61 @@ public static BufferedReader toBufferedReader(final 
Reader reader, final int siz
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the contents of an {@link InputStream} as a {@code byte[]}.
-     * <p>
-     * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a 
{@link BufferedInputStream}.
-     * </p>
+     * Reads all the bytes from an input stream in a byte array.
      *
-     * @param inputStream the {@link InputStream} to read.
-     * @return the requested byte array.
-     * @throws NullPointerException if the InputStream is {@code null}.
-     * @throws IOException          if an I/O error occurs or reading more 
than {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} occurs.
+     * <p>The memory used by this method is <strong>proportional</strong> to 
the number
+     * of bytes read, which is only limited by {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE}. This 
makes it unsuitable for
+     * processing large input streams, unless sufficient heap space is 
available.</p>
+     *
+     * @param inputStream The {@link InputStream} to read; must not be {@code 
null}.
+     * @return A new byte array.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the size of the stream is greater 
than the maximum array size.
+     * @throws IOException              If an I/O error occurs while reading.
+     * @throws NullPointerException     If {@code inputStream} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static byte[] toByteArray(final InputStream inputStream) throws 
IOException {
-        // We use a ThresholdingOutputStream to avoid reading AND writing more 
than Integer.MAX_VALUE.
-        try (UnsynchronizedByteArrayOutputStream ubaOutput = 
UnsynchronizedByteArrayOutputStream.builder().get();
-                ThresholdingOutputStream thresholdOutput = new 
ThresholdingOutputStream(Integer.MAX_VALUE, os -> {
-                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Cannot 
read more than %,d into a byte array", Integer.MAX_VALUE));
-                }, os -> ubaOutput)) {
-            copy(inputStream, thresholdOutput);
-            return ubaOutput.toByteArray();
+        final UnsynchronizedByteArrayOutputStream output = 
copyToOutputStream(inputStream, SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH + 1, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        if (output.size() > SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Cannot read more 
than %,d into a byte array", SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH));
         }
+        return output.toByteArray();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the contents of an {@link InputStream} as a {@code byte[]}. Use 
this method instead of
-     * {@link #toByteArray(InputStream)} when {@link InputStream} size is 
known.
+     * Reads exactly {@code size} bytes from the given {@link InputStream} 
into a new {@code byte[]}.
      *
-     * @param input the {@link InputStream} to read.
-     * @param size the size of {@link InputStream} to read, where 0 &lt; 
{@code size} &lt;= length of input stream.
-     * @return byte [] of length {@code size}.
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs or {@link InputStream} 
length is smaller than parameter {@code size}.
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is less than zero.
+     * <p>This variant provides no safeguards against allocating very large 
arrays.
+     * For large streams, prefer {@link #toByteArray(InputStream, int, int)},
+     * which enforces stricter memory usage constraints.</p>
+     *
+     * @param input the {@link InputStream} to read; must not be {@code null}.
+     * @param size  the exact number of bytes to read; must be {@code >= 0}.
+     * @return a new byte array of length {@code size}.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is negative.
+     * @throws EOFException             if the stream ends before {@code size} 
bytes are read.
+     * @throws IOException              if an I/O error occurs while reading.
+     * @throws NullPointerException     if {@code input} is {@code null}.
      * @since 2.1
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("resource")
     public static byte[] toByteArray(final InputStream input, final int size) 
throws IOException {
-        return toByteArray(Objects.requireNonNull(input, "input")::read, size);
+        return toByteArray(input::read, size);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets contents of an {@link InputStream} as a {@code byte[]}.
-     * Use this method instead of {@link #toByteArray(InputStream)}
-     * when {@link InputStream} size is known.
-     * <strong>NOTE:</strong> the method checks that the length can safely be 
cast to an int without truncation
-     * before using {@link IOUtils#toByteArray(InputStream, int)} to read into 
the byte array.
-     * (Arrays can have no more than Integer.MAX_VALUE entries anyway.)
+     * Reads exactly {@code size} bytes from the given {@link InputStream} 
into a new {@code byte[]}.
      *
-     * @param input the {@link InputStream} to read.
-     * @param size the size of {@link InputStream} to read, where 0 &lt; 
{@code size} &lt;= min(Integer.MAX_VALUE, length of input stream).
-     * @return byte [] the requested byte array, of length {@code size}.
-     * @throws IOException              if an I/O error occurs or {@link 
InputStream} length is less than {@code size}.
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if size is less than zero or size is 
greater than Integer.MAX_VALUE.
-     * @see IOUtils#toByteArray(InputStream, int)
+     * <p>This variant provides no safeguards against allocating very large 
arrays.

Review Comment:
   How about “This variant always allocates the whole requested array size, for 
a dynamic growing variant use ..”?



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