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Thomas Vahrst updated COLLECTIONS-310:
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> Modifications of a SetUniqueList.subList() invalidate the parent list
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>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-310
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-310
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: List
>    Affects Versions: 3.2, Nightly Builds
>            Reporter: Christian Semrau
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 4.0
>
>         Attachments: SetUniqueList.java, SetUniqueList.patch, 
> SetUniqueListTest.java
>
>
> The List returned by SetUniqueList.subList() is again a SetUniqueList. The 
> contract for List.subList() says that the returned list supports all the 
> operations of the parent list, and it is backed by the parent list.
> We have a SetUniqueList uniqueList equal to {"Hello", "World"}. We get a 
> subList containing the last element. Now we add the element "Hello", 
> contained in the uniqueList but not in the subList, to the subList.
> What should happen?
> Should the subList behave like a SetUniqueList and add the element - meaning 
> that it changes position in the uniqueList because at the old place it gets 
> removed, so now uniqueList equals {"World", "Hello"} (which fails)?
> Or should the element not be added, because it is already contained in the 
> parent list, thereby violating the SetUniqueList-ness of the subList (which 
> fails)?
> I prefer the former behaviour, because modifications should only be made 
> through the subList and not through the parent list (as explained in 
> List.subList()).
> What should happen if we replace (using set) the subList element "World" with 
> "Hello" instead of adding an element?
> The subList should contain only "Hello", and for the parent list, the old 
> element 0 (now a duplicate of the just set element 1) should be removed 
> (which fails).
> And of course the parent list should know what happens to it (specifically, 
> its uniqueness Set) (which fails in the current snapshot).
>       public void testSubListAddNew() {
>               List uniqueList = SetUniqueList.decorate(new ArrayList());
>               uniqueList.add("Hello");
>               uniqueList.add("World");
>               List subList = uniqueList.subList(1, 2);
>               subList.add("Goodbye");
>               List expectedSubList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "World", 
> "Goodbye" });
>               List expectedParentList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "Hello", 
> "World", "Goodbye" });
>               assertEquals(expectedSubList, subList);
>               assertEquals(expectedParentList, uniqueList);
>               assertTrue(uniqueList.contains("Goodbye")); // fails
>       }
>       public void testSubListAddDuplicate() {
>               List uniqueList = SetUniqueList.decorate(new ArrayList());
>               uniqueList.add("Hello");
>               uniqueList.add("World");
>               List subList = uniqueList.subList(1, 2);
>               subList.add("Hello");
>               List expectedSubList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "World", 
> "Hello" });
>               List expectedParentList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "World", 
> "Hello" });
>               assertEquals(expectedSubList, subList);
>               assertEquals(expectedParentList, uniqueList); // fails
>       }
>       public void testSubListSetDuplicate() {
>               List uniqueList = SetUniqueList.decorate(new ArrayList());
>               uniqueList.add("Hello");
>               uniqueList.add("World");
>               List subList = uniqueList.subList(1, 2);
>               subList.set(0, "Hello");
>               List expectedSubList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "Hello" });
>               List expectedParentList = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { "Hello" 
> });
>               assertEquals(expectedSubList, subList);
>               assertEquals(expectedParentList, uniqueList); // fails
>       }

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