On Dec 8, 2017, at 5:06 PM, Sergey Bylokhov <sergey.bylok...@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 08/12/2017 16:49, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
>> I agree it looks strange but it is intentional as it matches the existing
>> InputStream.read(byte[],int,in) [1]. (I will remove line 167 as part of this
>> patch.) Note that the IOE for the stream being closed would not be thrown in
>> the current code until line 173.
>
> Yes it is match the behavior, but both have a different specifications:
> In the old methods there is a notion: "<p> If <code>len</code> is zero, then
> no bytes are read and <code>0</code> is returned;" but in the new method we
> have only one strong statement: "After the stream has been closed, these
> methods all throw {@code IOException}."
Indeed you are correct. As we are trying to match the behavior I think the spec
will need to be tweaked a little. The problem is that there is not a
method-by-method specification in this case. This will need to be reexamined.
Thanks,
Brian
