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SHIN HWEI TAN updated COLLECTIONS-379:
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Summary: Bugs In Javadoc Comment in the CollectionUtils class (was: Bug In
Javadoc Comment in the CollectionUtils class)
> Bugs In Javadoc Comment in the CollectionUtils class
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: COLLECTIONS-379
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-379
> Project: Commons Collections
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Collection
> Affects Versions: 3.2
> Environment: System independent
> Reporter: SHIN HWEI TAN
> Labels: test
> Original Estimate: 20m
> Remaining Estimate: 20m
>
> I came across the following bugs in the Javadoc comments in the method below
> in the CollectionUtils class:
> 1.
> {quote}
> /**
> * Selects all elements from input collection which match the given
> predicate
> * and adds them to outputCollection.
> * <p>
> * If the input collection or predicate is null, there is no change to
> the
> * output collection.
> *
> * @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may be
> null
> * @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
> * @param *outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be
> null*
> */
> public static void select(Collection inputCollection, Predicate
> predicate, Collection outputCollection) {
> {quote}
> _This method will execute normally when calling select((Collection)null,
> (Predicate)null, (Collection)null) but the comment clearly states that
> outputCollection may not be null_
> 2.
> {quote}
> /**
> * Selects all elements from inputCollection which don't match the given
> predicate
> * and adds them to outputCollection.
> * <p>
> * If the input predicate is <code>null</code>, no elements are added to
> <code>outputCollection</code>.
> *
> * @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may be
> null
> * @param predicate the predicate to use, may be null
> * @param *outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be
> null*
> */
> public static void selectRejected(Collection inputCollection, Predicate
> predicate, Collection outputCollection) {
> {quote}
> _This method will execute normally when calling
> selectRejected((Collection)null, (Predicate)null, (Collection)null) but the
> comment also clearly states that outputCollection may not be null_
> 3.
> {quote}
> /**
> * Transforms all elements from the inputIterator with the given
> transformer
> * and adds them to the outputCollection.
> * <p>
> * If the input iterator or transformer is null, there is no change to
> the
> * output collection.
> *
> * @param inputIterator the iterator to get the input from, may be null
> * @param transformer the transformer to use, may be null
> * @param *outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be
> null*
> * @return the outputCollection with the transformed input added
> * @*throws NullPointerException if the output collection is null*
> */
> public static Collection collect(Iterator inputIterator, final
> Transformer transformer, final Collection outputCollection) {
> {quote}
> _This method will execute normally when calling collect((Iterator)null,
> (Transformer)null, (Collection)null) but the comment clearly states that
> NullPointerException will be thrown when the outputCollection is null_
> 4.
> {quote}
> /**
> * Transforms all elements from inputCollection with the given
> transformer
> * and adds them to the outputCollection.
> * <p>
> * If the input collection or transformer is null, there is no change to
> the
> * output collection.
> *
> * @param inputCollection the collection to get the input from, may be
> null
> * @param transformer the transformer to use, may be null
> * @*param outputCollection the collection to output into, may not be
> null*
> * @return the outputCollection with the transformed input added
> * @*throws NullPointerException if the output collection is null*
> */
> public static Collection collect(Collection inputCollection, final
> Transformer transformer, final Collection outputCollection) {
> {quote}
> _This method will execute normally when calling collect((Collection)null,
> (Transformer)null, (Collection)null) but the comment clearly states that
> NullPointerException will be thrown when the outputCollection is null_
> The bugs in the Javadoc comments above could be confusing to the users of the
> Common Collection library and they could be fixed easily by the developers..
> There are a few ways to fix the:
> 1. Throwing the NullPointerException explicitly when the outputCollection is
> null.
> 2. Changing the Javadoc comments to include the case where all of the
> parameters are null.
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