On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Tim Ellison wrote:
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
I disagree with you all :)
The spec is not that ambiguous - it says :
Returns : the signer certificates for the underlying permission
that has not been resolved, or null, if there are no signer
certificates. Returns a new array each time this method is called.
Given that it says "Returns a new array each time this method is
called", I'd return an empty array, so that if people aren't checking
for null (why would you, it says it will return an array....), they
don't get an NPE.
There was no claim that the spec is ambiguous, but that it is a
departure from the behavior of the RI. In this case it is
unlikely to
break any apps, so it makes sense to follow the spec and declare it a
bug in the RI.
But I thought you said
"returns null on Harmony, as required by the spec."
The spec could be read to require that you return an empty array,
rather than null.
geir
