RFR: 4617681: constructor of BufferedImage throws unexpected IllegalArgumentException

[Damon Nguyen]

On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:33:26 GMT, Phil Race <prr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Specifying the behaviour of BufferedImage constructors for invalid dimensions is long overdue.
> 
> The behaviour for image types and sizes <= 0 is unchanged by this PR.
> Also in many cases the behaviour for sizes that are too large is also unchanged.
> In some cases, the behaviour is changed from "accidental" NegativeArraySizeException to a consistent IllegalArgumentException.
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> In no case is anything changed that would affect the possibility to construct a BufferedImage.
> 
> A test is provided to ensure the behaviour.
> 
> A CSR is provided too : https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8369155

The additional checks for throwing exceptions look logical and fine to me. As mentioned, there isn't any behavioral changes to the constructor, and I found no issues with this when testing.

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Marked as reviewed by dnguyen (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27640#pullrequestreview-3502501936