RFR: 8152293: Incomplete fraction reduction in getValueAsString() for TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL, TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:35:11 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Remove from `TIFFField.getValueAsString` the rudimentary reduction in terms in the conversion of `RATIONAL` and `SRATIONAL` field values to a string. Also, add a test.

If this change is deemed acceptable, then a CSR will be filed to remove the following sentence from the specification of `TIFFField.getValueAsString`:

If the numerator of a TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFF_SRATIONAL is an integral
multiple of the denominator, then the value is represented as "q/1" where q
is the quotient of the numerator and denominator.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24141#issuecomment-2741661485