On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:26:18 GMT, Brent Christian <bchri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> test/jdk/java/util/jar/JarFile/LargeManifestOOMTest.java line 60:
>>
>>> 58: final OutOfMemoryError oome =
>>> Assert.expectThrows(OutOfMemoryError.class, () -> jar.getManifest());
>>> 59: // additionally verify that the OOM was for the right/expected
>>> reason
>>> 60: if (!"Required array size too large".equals(oome.getMessage()))
>>> {
>>
>> I wasn't too sure if I should add this additional check on the message of
>> the `OutOfMemoryError`, but decided to do it
>> anyway, given that from what I remember there were some discussions in the
>> `core-libs-dev` list a while back on the
>> exact messages that such OOMs should throw. So I guessed that it might be OK
>> to rely on those messages in the tests
>> within this project. However, I am open to removing specific check if it's
>> considered unnecessary.
>
> I think it's fine either way.
If you are going to validate the message, which I probably would not, it would
be important to make sure it document
if the message is changed in JarFile::getBytes, that the test needs updated.
Otherwise it will be easy to miss.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/323
